Exodus 28:31-35

The Robe

31 "You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue yarn.

32 There should be an opening at its top in the center of it. Around the opening, there should be a woven collar with an opening like that for body armor^[a] so that it does not tear.

33 Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn^[b] on its lower hem and all around it. Put gold bells between them all the way around,

34 [so that] gold bells and pomegranates alternate around the lower hem of the robe.

35 The robe must be [worn by] Aaron whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters the sanctuary before the Lord and when he exits, so that he does not die.

Exodus 28:31-35 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hb obscure
• [b]. Sam, LXX add of finely spun linen