Exodus 28:1-2

Garments of the Priests

1 "Then 1bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister as priest to Me-Aaron, 2Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
2 "You shall make 3holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 28:1-2 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 28

This chapter informs us of the servants God would have to minister to him in the house, or tabernacle, he had ordered to be made, even Aaron and his sons, Ex 28:1 of the garments they were to wear in their service, Ex 28:2-5 and first of the garments of the high priest, and particularly of the ephod, with the girdle, on the shoulder pieces of which were to be two onyx stones, with the names of the children of Israel engraved on them, Ex 28:6-14, and that of the breastplate of judgment, with the Urim and Thummum in it, Ex 28:15-30 and of the robe of the ephod, Ex 28:31-35, and of the mitre, Ex 28:36-39 and then of the garments of the common priests, Ex 28:40-43.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Numbers 18:7; Psalms 99:6; Hebrews 5:1, 4
  • 2. Exodus 24:1, 9
  • 3. Exodus 29:5, 29; Exodus 31:10; Exodus 39:1-31; Lev 8:7-9, 30
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