You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and clothe him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
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You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and clothe him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
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And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
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And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod.
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Passages linked to Exodus 29:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 28:2-8 You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office. 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. They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. “They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman. It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together. The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Leviticus 8:7-8 He put the tunic on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him and fastened it to him with it. He placed the breastplate on him. He put the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which was next under the Ephod.
Which was next under the Ephod.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Not about the loins, but about the paps, or…
Not about the loins, but about the paps, or breast, as Christ and his ministers are represented, Rev 1:13. The linen breeches are here omitted, because they were put on privately before they came to the door of the tabernacle, where the other things were put on.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall take the garments,.... The priestly garments…
And thou shall take the garments,.... The priestly garments before ordered to be made, and when made:
and put upon Aaron the coat: the broidered coat, the coat of fine linen, which was put on first and was next to his flesh, for all these garments were put on in the order in which they are here placed:
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and the robe of the ephod: which was all of blue, and had pomegranates and golden bells at the hem of it; this was put over the broidered coat:
and the ephod; which was made of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: this was a short garment put over the robe of the ephod:
and the breastplate; with the Urim and Thummim in it, or the twelve precious stones on which were engraven the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, which hung down over the breast by wreathen chains of gold, from the shoulder pieces of the ephod:
and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod; which was made of the same material and after the same manner as the ephod itself, and which girt all his garments tight and close to him; the significance of these has been observed already; and unless thus clothed he could not minister in his office, and these he had only on while ministering in it: no mention is made of the breeches, because these were doubtless to be put on by the high priest himself in a private manner before he came there; whereas all these garments were put on him publicly at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, where it would not have been so seemly and decent to put on the other.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Thou shalt take the garments] As most…
Verse 5. Thou shalt take the garments] As most offices of spiritual and secular dignity had appropriate habits and insignia, hence, when a person was appointed to an office and habited for the purpose, he was said to be invested with that office, from in, used intensively, and vestio, I clothe, because he was then clothed with the vestments peculiar to that office.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 29:5. They shalt take the garments, &c. —…
Exo 29:5. They shalt take the garments, &c. — This was to signify that it was not sufficient for them to put away the pollutions of sin, but that they must put on divine graces, and be clothed with righteousness, Psa 132:10. They must also be girded, as men prepared and strengthened for their work, and they must be robed and crowned, as men that counted their work and office their true honour.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Vestments. No mention is made of breeches, because they…
Vestments. No mention is made of breeches, because they had them on, while they were washing. (Ven. Bede) --- Belt. Septuagint have read esson, instead of chesheb. "Thou shalt tie the rational to the ephod." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5, 6. The garments — These, so fully described…
5, 6. The garments — These, so fully described in the foregoing chapter, were to be formally placed upon the priest’s person as a part of the ceremony of consecration. Comp. Lev_8:7-9.
The holy crown — The graven plate of gold described in Exo_28:36-38; Exo_39:30-31.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. the coat] the tunic (Exo_28:39). After the tunic,…
5. the coat] the tunic (Exo_28:39). After the tunic, the sash seems to have been accidentally omitted: see Lev_8:7 (EVV. ‘girdle’).
the breastplate] the pouch: Exo_28:15 ff.
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and fasten (it) to him with the band of the ephod] see on Exo_28:8. The verb rendered ‘fasten’ is formed from ‘ephod,’ and means only to fit or fasten as an ephod. In Lev_8:7 rendered bound, which, however, connects it incorrectly with the preceding ‘band.’
5–7. The investiture and anointing of the high priest. The high priest is to be arrayed in the garments described in ch. 28, and then to have his head anointed. Cf. Lev_8:7-10 a, 12 (vv. 10b–11, relating to the anointing of the Dwelling, altar, &c., have no parallel in Exodus 29, and seem out of place).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Thou shalt take the garments—i.e., those described in…
(5) Thou shalt take the garments—i.e., those described in the preceding chapter.
The coat—i.e., the linen tunic (Exo_28:39). As the inner garment, this had to be put on first. Comp. Lev_8:7-9, where the investiture is more fully described, and is seen to have comprised nine acts:—(1) The putting on of the tunic; (2) The girding of the tunic with the under-girdle; (3) The putting on of the robe of the ephod; (4) The putting on of the ephod; (5) Girding with the curious girdle of the ephod; (6) The putting on of the breastplate; (7) The putting of the Urim and Thummim into the bag of the breastplate; (8) The putting on of the mitre; and (9) The attachment of the golden plate to the front of the mitre. These minute directions may well be regarded as justifying those given in our own Ordinal with respect to the vesting of bishops at the time of their consecration.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 5, 6. The Investiture of Aaron.
Vers. 5, 6. The Investiture of Aaron.
Thou shalt take the garments. The directions, as here given, are incomplete, and not quite in the right order. In the LXX they are still more incomplete. For the full process of investiture, we mast look to Lev_8:7-9. There we find that the process included nine acts.
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1. The putting on of the linen tunic.
2. The girding with the under-girdle.
3. The putting on of the robe of the ephod.
4. The putting on of the ephod.
5. The girding with the curious girdle of the ephod.
6. The putting on of the breast-plate.
7. The putting into the breast-plate of the Urim and Thummim.
8. The putting on of the mitre.
9. The affixing to the mitre of the golden plate.
The second and seventh are omitted here; and the order of the fifth and sixth is inverted.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain The priest’s garments were put on in reverse order…
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The priest’s garments were put on in reverse order of the instructions for making them:
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(1) The "coat" Exo 28:39 the oriental long garment worn next to the person, made of fine linen. Exo 27:9.
(2) The "robe of the ephod" Exo 28:31-35 a long seamless garment of blue linen with an opening for the head, worn over the "coat." Pomegranates, symbol of fruitfulness, were embroidered on the skirt of the robe in blue, purple, and scarlet, alternated with golden bells, symbol of testimony, which gave a sound as the high priest went in and out of the sanctuary. The robe was secured by a golden girdle.
(3) The ephod Exo 28:5-12 was next put on. A short garment made of linen, embroidered with gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, it consisted of two pieces, front and back, united by two shoulder-pieces and by a band about the bottom. Two onyx stones, set in gold and fastened upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes: "and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders (the place of strength) for a memorial." Cf.; Isa 9:6; Luk 15:4; Luk 15:5.
(4) The breastplate was a square pouch Exo 28:16 of linen to contain the Urim and Thummim. (See Scofield "Exo 28:30").
To the linen pouch was attached the oblong gold setting containing four rows of precious stones, on each stone a tribal name. The breastplate with the jewel work was attached at the upper corners to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod by golden chains. Golden rings were sewn on ephod and breastplate, and the latter was further secured to the ephod by laces of blue through the rings. Altogether, it was called "the breastplate of judgment" because worn by the high priest when judging the causes of the people. (See Scofield "Exo 28:30").
(5) A mitre (or "turban") of fine line was made Exo 28:37 to cover the head, bearing upon the front a gold plate engraved, "Holiness to the Lord" Exo 29:36.
(6) To these were added linen breeches, "from the loins even to the thighs" Exo 28:42. The "coat" and linen breeches were made for the priests, also, and were the ordinary garments of high priest and priests as distinguished from the other garments, which were "for glory and beauty."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues speaking to Moses.
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coat
This was a coat with a design woven into it. See how you translated this in Exodus 28:4.
finely-woven waistband
This was a cloth belt made from narrow linen threads that someone twisted together to make a stronger thread. See how you translated this in Exodus 28:8.
turban
This was a tall head covering made from cloth wrapped around the head several times. See how you translated this in Exodus 28:4.
holy crown
This crown is described in Exodus 29:6 as being engraved with the words "dedicated to Yahweh" and made of pure gold.
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clothe
Aaron
robe
ephod
breastplate
holy
crown
anoint
oil
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