Exodus 28

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1And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.48 cross-references: Numbers 18:7, Hebrews 5:1–5, Deuteronomy 10:6, 1 Chronicles 6:10, Numbers 16:9–11
2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.47 cross-references: Exodus 31:10, Leviticus 8:30, Revelation 19:8, Hebrews 7:26, Leviticus 8:7–9
3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.19 cross-references: Ephesians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 12:7–11, Isaiah 11:2, Deuteronomy 34:9, James 1:17
4And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.32 cross-references: Ephesians 6:14, Revelation 9:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:8, Exodus 28:39–40, Isaiah 59:17
5And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.5 cross-references: Exodus 39:2–3, Exodus 25:3–4
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.11 cross-references: Exodus 39:2–7, Exodus 26:1
7It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.2 cross-references: Exodus 39:4
8And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.8 cross-references: Leviticus 8:7, Exodus 28:27–28, Exodus 29:5, Revelation 1:13, Isaiah 11:5
9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:17 cross-references: Ezekiel 28:13, Song of Solomon 8:6, Exodus 39:6, Job 28:16, 2 Chronicles 2:7
10Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.2 cross-references: Exodus 1:1–4, Genesis 43:33
11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.18 cross-references: Exodus 28:25, Exodus 28:21, Exodus 39:6, Revelation 7:2, 2 Timothy 2:19
12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.28 cross-references: Exodus 28:29, Joshua 4:7, Exodus 39:6–7, Numbers 16:40, Leviticus 24:7
13And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.12 cross-references: 1 Kings 7:17, Exodus 39:15, Exodus 28:22–25, 2 Chronicles 4:12–13, Exodus 39:17–18
15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.13 cross-references: Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:4, Exodus 39:8–21, Leviticus 8:8, Exodus 26:1
16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.19 cross-references: Exodus 39:10–21, Ezekiel 28:13, Revelation 21:19–21, Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 20:15
18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.13 cross-references: Exodus 39:11, Ezekiel 10:1, Ezekiel 27:16, Exodus 24:10, Revelation 4:3
19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.2 cross-references: Isaiah 54:12, Exodus 39:12
20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.14 cross-references: Revelation 21:18–20, Ezekiel 10:9, Ezekiel 1:16, Daniel 10:6, Revelation 4:3
21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.15 cross-references: Revelation 7:4–8, Revelation 21:12, 1 Kings 18:31, Luke 22:30, James 1:1
22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.1 cross-reference: Exodus 25:11–15
24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.5 cross-references: Exodus 39:15, Exodus 39:4, Exodus 28:14
26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.6 cross-references: Numbers 15:38, Exodus 28:37, Exodus 28:31, Exodus 39:30–31
29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.15 cross-references: Exodus 28:12, Exodus 28:30, Jeremiah 30:21, Romans 10:1, Isaiah 49:15–16
30And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.32 cross-references: Ezra 2:63, Nehemiah 7:65, Numbers 27:21, Deuteronomy 33:8, Leviticus 8:8
31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.7 cross-references: Exodus 28:4, Exodus 28:28, Leviticus 8:7, Exodus 39:22–26
32And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.6 cross-references: Job 41:26, Nehemiah 4:16, John 19:23–24, 2 Chronicles 26:14, Exodus 39:28
33And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:11 cross-references: 1 Kings 7:18, 2 Kings 25:17, Zechariah 14:20, Exodus 39:24–26
34A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.12 cross-references: John 15:4–8, John 15:16, Song of Solomon 2:3, Song of Solomon 6:7, Colossians 1:5–6
35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.3 cross-references: Hebrews 9:12, Leviticus 16:2
36And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.27 cross-references: Zechariah 14:20, Leviticus 8:9, Exodus 39:30, Leviticus 10:3, 1 Peter 1:15–16
37And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.9 cross-references: Exodus 28:4, Exodus 29:6, Exodus 28:31, Zechariah 3:5, Exodus 39:30–31
38And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.25 cross-references: 1 Peter 2:24, Numbers 18:1, Leviticus 10:17, John 1:29, Hebrews 9:28
39And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.10 cross-references: Psalms 45:14
40And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.23 cross-references: Exodus 39:41, Exodus 28:4, Leviticus 8:13, Exodus 29:9, Exodus 28:2
41And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.30 cross-references: Exodus 29:7, Exodus 40:15, Leviticus 10:7, Exodus 29:9, Leviticus 8:1–36
42And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:7 cross-references: Leviticus 16:4, Leviticus 6:10, Ezekiel 44:18, Revelation 3:18, Exodus 39:28
43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.19 cross-references: Exodus 27:21, Exodus 20:26, Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 17:7

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Called like Aaron Exodus 28:1 and Hebrews 5:4
God appoints Aaron and his sons as priests. Hebrews notes no one takes this honour for himself; Christ too was appointed by God, though to a higher priestly order.

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