Éxodo 28:29

29 Y llevará Aarón los nombres de los hijos de Israel en el pectoral del juicio sobre su corazón, cuando entrare en el santuario, en memoria delante del SEÑOR continuamente

Éxodo 28:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:29

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in
the breastplate of judgment upon his heart
Their names being engraven on the stones, and the stones put into the breastplate of judgment, and this breastplate hanging down upon the breast and heart of Aaron, he was a representative of the twelve tribes of Israel, as Christ his antitype is the representative of the whole Israel of God; and who lie near the heart of Christ, are set as a seal upon it, are engraven on the palms of his hands, and carried in his bosom, and whom he always presents to his divine Father, and are accepted in him: he represented them in eternity, and in time; in his sufferings and death, in his burial and resurrection from the dead, when they were crucified, buried, and raised with him; and he represents them now in heaven, where they sit together in heavenly places in him, as it here follows in the type:

when he goeth in unto the holy place;
to trim the lamps and offer incense, and especially when he went into the most holy place once a year:

for a memorial before the Lord continually;
for a memorial to himself, to pray for them when he appeared before the Lord, to put the Lord in remembrance of his covenant with them, and promises to them, (See Gill on Exodus 28:12) (See Gill on Isaiah 43:26), the Targum of Jonathan is, "for a good memorial": not a memorial for evil, but for good.

Éxodo 28:29 In-Context

27 Harás asimismo dos anillos de oro, los cuales pondrás a los dos lados del efod abajo en la parte delantera, delante de su juntura sobre el cinto especial del efod

28 Y juntarán el pectoral con sus anillos a los anillos del efod con un cordón de cárdeno, para que esté sobre el cinto especial del efod, y no se aparte el pectoral del efod

29 Y llevará Aarón los nombres de los hijos de Israel en el pectoral del juicio sobre su corazón, cuando entrare en el santuario, en memoria delante del SEÑOR continuamente

30 Y pondrás en el pectoral del juicio Urim y Tumim, para que estén sobre el corazón de Aarón cuando entrare delante del SEÑOR; y llevará siempre Aarón el juicio de los hijos de Israel sobre su corazón delante del SEÑOR

31 Harás el manto del efod todo de cárdeno