Exodus 28

Exodus 28:2

And thou shalt make holy garments.

Thou shalt make garments, consecrated to the holy uses of my service.

Exodus 28:3

Whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom.

Whom I have endued with an extraordinary skill for these exquisite works.

Exodus 28:4

And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle.

These shall be the garments thou shalt make proper to the high priest; a breastplate for his breast, a rich ephod for his shoulders, a robe with bells and pomegranates for the whole body, a rich embroidered coat under that, a mitre for his head, a girdle for his loins, &c.

Exodus 28:6

And they shall make the ephod of gold, &c.

They shall make a peculiar ephod to the high priest, of gold, &c.

Exodus 28:12

For stones of memorial unto the children of Israel.

As a sign, whereby the children of Israel may know that their memory is presented to God, and that they are had in remembrance of God.

Exodus 28:15

And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment.

And thou shalt make the breastplate, which thou shalt wear in thy consultations with God, in the causes of judgment.

Exodus 28:16

Four square it shall be being doubled.

Thou shalt make it of the same stuff, doubled for the more strength, and better convenience of holding the stones.

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummin; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart.

Also thou shalt inclose within the breastplate, wherewith thou shalt consult with God, these two secret signs of knowledge and holiness, which shall be upon the heart of Aaron, to signify what is required to be within his heart.

Exodus 28:35

And his sound shall be heard, when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

His sound shall be heard, when he goeth in and cometh forth of the holy place; and thus addressing himself and the people, with awful reverence and devotion, to the service of God, he shall not die; whereas, if he, abruptly entering into the place, shall be an occasion of the people’s negligence, and his own profanation of God’s service, he shall die for it.

Exodus 28:38

And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, &c.

So shall it be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may hereby shew, that, in signification of the perfect High Priest, which was to come, he took upon him the expiation of all those sins and infirmities, which the Israelites should be guilty of in their offerings to God.

Exodus 28:41

And shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

Thou shalt anoint them, and prepare their persons for this service of mine.