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Exodus 28:40

“You shall make tunics for Aaron’s sons. You shall make sashes for them. You shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “You shall make tunics for Aaron’s sons. You shall make sashes for them. You shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

  • KJV King James Version

    And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for splendour and for beauty.

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Cross-references (13)

Passages linked to Exodus 28:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 39:41 the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
  • Exodus 28:4 These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
  • Exodus 28:2 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
  • Exodus 29:9 You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them. They shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. You shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
  • Ezekiel 44:17-18 “ ‘ “It will be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat.
  • Exodus 39:27-29 They made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons, the turban of fine linen, the linen headbands of fine linen, the linen trousers of fine twined linen, the sash of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • Leviticus 8:13 Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and clothed them with tunics, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  • 1 Timothy 2:9-10 In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing, but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.
  • 1 Timothy 6:9-11 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
  • Titus 2:7 In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
  • Titus 2:10 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
  • 1 Peter 3:3-4 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
  • 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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Explain this verse (12 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 28:40 And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make…

Exo 28:40 And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

Ver. 40. Coats] (1.) Linen garments for innocency; (2.) Girdles for constancy and stability; (3.) Bonnets for safety from the rage of Satan and his instrumants; (4.) Breeches, for comely reverance in God’s service.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The coats were not of woollen, Eze 44:17, but…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain We have here, 1. Particular orders about the vestments…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall put them on Aaron thy brother,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 40. For glory and for beauty.] See Clarke…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Linen. In Ezechiel (xliv. 17,) woollen garments are forbidden…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 40. For Aaron’s sons — The ordinary priests are…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 40. The tunics, sashes, and caps, for Aaron’s ‘sons’…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (40) For Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats—i.e., linen…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 40-43. THE APPAREL OF THE ORDINARY PRIESTS. The…
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