Exodus 28:10-20

10 sex nomina in lapide uno et sex reliqua in altero iuxta ordinem nativitatis eorum

11 opere sculptoris et celatura gemmarii sculpes eos nominibus filiorum Israhel inclusos auro atque circumdatos

12 et pones in utroque latere superumeralis memoriale filiis Israhel portabitque Aaron nomina eorum coram Domino super utrumque umerum ob recordationem

13 facies et uncinos ex auro

14 et duas catenulas auri purissimi sibi invicem coherentes quas inseres uncinis

15 rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superumeralis ex auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

16 quadrangulum erit et duplex mensuram palmi habebit tam in longitudine quam in latitudine

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

Exodus 28:10-20 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.