Exodus 28:1-6

1 adplica quoque ad te Aaron fratrem tuum cum filiis suis de medio filiorum Israhel ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi Aaron Nadab et Abiu Eleazar et Ithamar

2 faciesque vestem sanctam fratri tuo in gloriam et decorem

3 et loqueris cunctis sapientibus corde quos replevi spiritu prudentiae ut faciant vestes Aaron in quibus sanctificatus ministret mihi

4 haec autem erunt vestimenta quae facient rationale et superumerale tunicam et lineam strictam cidarim et balteum facient vestimenta sancta Aaron fratri tuo et filiis eius ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi

5 accipientque aurum et hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque bis tinctum et byssum

6 facient autem superumerale de auro et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere polymito

Exodus 28:1-6 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.