Exodus 28:36-38

36 "You shall also make 1a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, '2Holy to the LORD.'
37 "You shall fasten it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.
38 "It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall 3take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that 4they may be accepted before the LORD.

Exodus 28:36-38 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 4

  • 1. Exodus 39:30, 31; Leviticus 8:9
  • 2. Zechariah 14:20
  • 3. Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 22:16; Numbers 18:1
  • 4. Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 22:27; Leviticus 23:11; Isaiah 56:7

Footnotes 3

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