Exodus 28:36-43 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:31-39

Here is, 1. Direction given concerning the robe of the ephod, Exod. 28:31-35. This was next under the ephod, and reached down to the knees, was without sleeves, and was put on over their head, having holes on the sides to put the arms through, or, as Maimonides describes it, was not sewed together on the sides at all. The hole on the top, through which the head was put, was carefully bound about, that it might not tear in the putting on. In religious worship, care must be taken to prevent... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:40-43

We have here, 1. Particular orders about the vestments of the inferior priests. They were to have coats, and girdles, and bonnets, of the same materials with those of the high priest; but there was a difference in shape between their bonnets and his mitre. Theirs, as his, were to be for glory and beauty (Exod. 28:40), that they might look great in their ministration: yet all this glory was nothing compared with the glory of grace, this beauty nothing to the beauty of holiness, of which these... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:36

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold ,.... It was, as Jarchi says, two fingers broad, and reached from ear to ear, and so Maimonides F6 Cele Hamikdash, c. 9. sect. 1. Vid. T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 63. 2. & Succah, fol. 5. 1. ; it is sometimes called the holy crown, and the plate of the holy crown, Exodus 29:6 , this was a priestly crown, for priests were very honourable and dignified persons, especially the high priest among the Jews; and even among the Gentiles it was common for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:37

And thou shalt put it on a blue lace ,.... The plate of gold: that it may be upon the mitre ; either the plate or the lace; the lace is the nearest antecedent, but it seems by what follows it should be the plate: upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be ; the plate of gold; the mitre was of linen, a wrap of linen about the head, and was like a turban on it, in the top of it; it did not come down low upon the forehead, but left that bare for this plate of gold to be put upon it.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:38

And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead ,.... That is, the plate of gold, with the inscription on it, holiness to the Lord, and so was very visible and legible. The Targum of Jonathan adds, from temple to temple, that is, from the furthermost end of the one, to the furthermost end of the other, the same as from ear to ear; see Gill on Exodus 28:36 the use of it follows: that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:39

And thou shall embroider the coat of fine linen ,.... Which was a distinct garment from the ephod, and from the robe of the ephod, and was the innermost of all; it was made of fine linen, curiously wrought in the weaving of it: according to some, it was full of a sort of eyelet holes; but as the word is that, from whence comes that for ouches, Exodus 28:6 . Jarchi thinks it was full of holes, like those ouches or sockets, in which the stones were set; and so this coat was decked and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:40

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats ,.... Of fine linen, of woven work, as in Exodus 39:27 , these were different from the broidered coat of the high priest, and the blue robe of the ephod: and thou shall make for them girdles ; linen ones, to gird up their linen coats, which were long, that they might the more expeditiously perform their service; and which is an instruction to all the priests of the Lord, true believers in Christ, to be ready, forward, and diligent in the work... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:41

And thou shall put them on Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him ,.... And this putting on of their garments by Moses, under the authority of God, was a solemn investiture of them with the priestly office also; for from henceforward they had a right to exercise it, having those garments on, without which they were never to officiate: and shall anoint them ; with the anointing oil, of which afterwards a particular account is given, and how to be made, and for what use, Exodus 30:22 ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:42

And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness ,.... Or "the flesh of nakedness" F17 בשר ערוה "carnem nuditatis", Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius; "carnem nudam", Junius & Tremellius; "carnem verendorum", Tigurine version; "carnem pudendorum", Piscator. , that part of the body which ought not to be naked and exposed to view, and which, when it is, causes shame and ridicule; what part is designed is easily gathered from the next clause; great care was taken, in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:43

And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons ,.... Not the linen breeches only, but all the other garments: when they come into the tabernacle of the congregation ; even into that part of it where the people assembled, the court of the tabernacle, and where stood the altar of burnt offering, on which they offered the sacrifices of the people, but never without the priestly garments on: or when they came near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; at the altar of incense... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:31-39

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:40-43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:43

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