Chūāijíjì 28:28

28 Yào yòng lán xì daìzi bǎ xiōngpái de huánzi yǔ Yǐfúdé de huánzi xì zhù , shǐ xiōngpái tiē zaì Yǐfúdé qiǎo gōng zhī de daìzi shàng , bùkĕ yǔ Yǐfúdé lí fùng .

Chūāijíjì 28:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:28

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof
By the rings at the lower ends of it, as it was by the rings at the upper ends of it to the shoulder pieces of the ephod; or "lift it up", so some interpret it ^F23 as if it was said, they shall lift up the breastplate to join it with the ephod that is above it:

unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue;
this blue lace was put both into the rings of the breastplate and into the rings of the ephod, and so being tied in a knot, fastened them together, as the shoulder pieces of the ephod and the breastplate were coupled above, with wreathen chains of gold put into rings: now this was done,

that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod:
that the breastplate might be above it, or else the lace of blue:

and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod:
but be kept tight and close to it by the wreathen chains above, and by the knots of blue lace below; which may denote the conjunction of the prophetic and priestly offices in Christ; the former being signified by the breastplate of judgment, in which the Urim and Thummim were, and the latter by the ephod; or else the union of the saints to Christ, the bond of which is everlasting love, from which there can be no separation; this union can never be dissolved, his people can never be loosed from him, they are members of his body, and one spirit with him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 89. 2.

Chūāijíjì 28:28 In-Context

26 Yào zuò liǎng gè jīn huán , ān zaì xiōngpái de liǎng tóu , zaì Yǐfúdé lǐmiàn de bian shàng .

27 Yòu yào zuò liǎng gè jīn huán , ān zaì Yǐfúdé qiánmian liǎng tiaó jiān daì de xiàbiān , āijìn xiàng jiē zhī chù , zaì Yǐfúdé qiǎo gōng zhī de daìzi yǐshàng .

28 Yào yòng lán xì daìzi bǎ xiōngpái de huánzi yǔ Yǐfúdé de huánzi xì zhù , shǐ xiōngpái tiē zaì Yǐfúdé qiǎo gōng zhī de daìzi shàng , bùkĕ yǔ Yǐfúdé lí fùng .

29 Yàlún jìn shèng suǒ de shíhou , yào jiàng juéduàn xiōngpái , jiù shì kè zhe Yǐsèliè érzi míngzi de , daì zaì xiōng qián , zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián cháng zuò jìniàn .

30 Yòu yào jiàng wūlíng hé tǔmíng fàng zaì juéduàn de xiōngpái lǐ , Yàlún jìn dào Yēhéhuá miànqián de shíhou , yào daì zaì xiōng qián , zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián cháng jiàng Yǐsèliè rén de juéduàn pái daì zaì xiōng qián .