Exodus 28:17-27

17 ponesque in eo quattuor ordines lapidum in primo versu erit lapis sardius et topazius et zmaragdus

18 in secundo carbunculus sapphyrus et iaspis

19 in tertio ligyrius achates et amethistus

20 in quarto chrysolitus onychinus et berillus inclusi auro erunt per ordines suos

21 habebuntque nomina filiorum Israhel duodecim nominibus celabuntur singuli lapides nominibus singulorum per duodecim tribus

22 facies in rationali catenas sibi invicem coherentes ex auro purissimo

23 et duos anulos aureos quos pones in utraque rationalis summitate

24 catenasque aureas iunges anulis qui sunt in marginibus eius

25 et ipsarum catenarum extrema duobus copulabis uncinis in utroque latere superumeralis quod rationale respicit

26 facies et duos anulos aureos quos pones in summitatibus rationalis et in oris quae e regione sunt superumeralis et posteriora eius aspiciunt

27 nec non et alios duos anulos aureos qui ponendi sunt in utroque latere superumeralis deorsum quod respicit contra faciem iuncturae inferioris ut aptari possit cum superumerali

Exodus 28:17-27 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.