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Chapter 28
1
And take you unto you Aaron your brother,
and
his sons with him,
from
among the children of Israel,
that
he may minister unto Me
in
the priest's office,
even
Aaron,
Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2
And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother
for
glory and for beauty.
3
And you shall speak unto all who are wise-hearted,
whom
I have filled with the spirit of wisdom,
that
they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him,
that
he may minister unto Me in the priest's office.
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:
and
they shall make holy garments
for
Aaron your brother, and his sons,
that
he may minister unto Me in the priest's office.
5
And they shall take gold, and blue,
and
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple,
of
scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
7
It shall have the two shoulder-pieces thereof
joined
at the two edges thereof;
and
so it shall be joined together.
8
And the curious girdle of the ephod,
which
is upon it, shall be of the same,
according
to the work thereof;
even
of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
and
fine twined linen.
9
And you shall take two onyx stones,
and
grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
10
Six of their names on one stone,
and
the other six names of the rest on the other stone,
according
to their birth.
11
With the work of an engraver in stone,
like
the engravings of a signet,
shall
you engrave the two stones
with
the names of the children of Israel:
you
shall make them to be set in ouches of gold.
12
And you shall put the two stones
upon
the shoulders of the ephod
for
stones of memorial unto the children of Israel:
and
Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah/God
upon
his two shoulders for a memorial.
13
And you shall make ouches of gold; 14
and
two chains of pure gold at the ends;
of
wreathen work shall you make them,
and
fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15
And you shall make the breastplate of judgment
with
cunning work;
after
the work of the ephod
you
shall make it; of gold, of blue,
and
of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen,
shall
you make it.
16
Foursquare it shall be being doubled;
a
span shall be the length thereof,
and
a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17
And you shall set in it settings of stones,
even
four rows of stones:
the
first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:
this
shall be the first row. 18
And
the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire,
and
a diamond. 19
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20
And
the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper:
they
shall be set in gold in their enclosings. 21
And
the stones shall be
with the names of the children of Israel, twelve,
according
to their names,
like
the engravings of a signet;
every
one with his name
shall
they be according to the twelve tribes.
22
And you shall make upon the breastplate chains
at
the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23
And you shall make upon the breastplate two rings of gold,
and
shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24
And you shall put the two wreathen chains of gold
in
the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains
you
shall fasten in the two ouches,
and
put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod before it.
26
And you shall make two rings of gold,
and
you shall put them
upon
the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof,
which
is in the side of the ephod inward.
27
And two other rings of gold you shall make,
and
shall put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath,
toward
the forepart thereof,
over
against the other coupling thereof,
above
the curious girdle of the ephod.
28
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof
unto
the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue,
that
it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod,
and
that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
29
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel
in
the breastplate of judgment upon his heart,
when
he goes in unto the holy place,
for
a memorial before Jehovah/God continually.
30
And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment
the
Urim and the Thummim;
and
they shall be upon Aaron's heart,
when
he goes in before Jehovah/God:
and
Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel
upon
his heart before Jehovah/God continually.
{Note: Urim means 'lights'. And Thummim means 'perfection'. The Urim and Thummim were what they called the stones described above kept in a pouch on the high-priest's breastplate, used in determining God's decision in certain questions and issues. A light representing a certain tribe of Israel would light up when God desired that tribe to do something.}
31 And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the middle thereof:
it
shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it,
as
it were the hole of an habergeon,
that
it be not torn/rent.
33
And beneath upon the hem of it
you
shall make pomegranates of blue,
and
of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof;
and
bells of gold between them round about: 34
a
golden bell and a pomegranate,
a
golden bell and a pomegranate,
upon
the hem of the robe round about.
35
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister:
and
his sound shall be heard
when
he goes in unto the holy place before Jehovah/God,
and
when he comes out,
that
he die not.
36
And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it,
like
the engravings of a signet,
'HOLINESS/SET-APARTEDNESS
TO JEHOVAH/GOD.
37
And you shall put it on a blue lace,
that
it may be upon the mitre/turban;
upon
the forefront of the mitre/turban it shall be.
38
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead,
that
Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things,
which
the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts;
and
it shall be always upon his forehead,
that
they may be accepted before Jehovah/God.
{Note: See also Revelation where Satan tries to counterfeit the mitre of the high priest. He has his followers wear some kind of false insignia on their foreheads.}
39
And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen,
and
you shall make the mitre/turban of fine linen,
and
you shall make the girdle of needlework.
40
And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats,
and
you shall make for them girdles,
and
bonnets shall you make for them,
for
glory and for beauty.
41
And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother,
and
his sons with him;
and
shall anoint them,
and
consecrate them,
and
sanctify them,
that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
42
And you shall make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness;
from
the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach.
43
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons,
when
they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
or
when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place;
that
they bear not iniquity, and die.
It shall be a statute forever unto him and his seed after him.
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