Exodus 28:43

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 28:43

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 28:40-43

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 28:43

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation . Literally," when they go into the tent of meeting— i.e; the place where God and the high priest were to meet. The holy place . The "holy place" seems in this passage to include the court of the tabernacle, wherein the altar was situated. That they bear not iniquity . To "bear iniquity" is to incur guilt, or have sin imputed to one. If even through forgetfulness a priest entered the sanctuary without this necessary article of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 28:1-43

(Compare Exodus 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to hold their office from generation to generation. In the patriarchal times, the external rites of worship had generally been conducted by the head of the tribe or family, in accordance with the principle involved in the dedication of the firstborn Exodus 13:2; Numbers 3:12-13. Moses, as the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 28:43

Exodus 28:43. It shall be a statute for ever That is, it is to continue as long as the priesthood continues. And it is to have its perpetuity in the substance of which these things were the shadow. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:1-43

Click image for full-size versionClothing for the priests (28:1-43)All priests wore special clothing that gave them a dignity and honour suited to their office. The high priest’s clothing was especially striking, but more importantly its various pieces helped the people understand the sacredness of his functions before God (28:1-3).The most colourful piece of clothing worn by the high priest was the ephod (GNB: sacred vest), a short linen garment of the same material as the tabernacle curtains... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 28:43

tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 28:40-43

GARMENTS OF THE PRIESTS"And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 28:43

Exodus 28:43. They shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons— They, that is, all the sacerdotal vestments as above described, shall, on pain of death, be worn always during the time of their ministrations; but at no other time, and in no other place. See Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:19. Hence some account for St. Paul's not knowing the high-priests, Act 23:5 as he was not clothed in his sacerdotal vestments. It shall be a statute for ever, means as long as the Jewish policy and priesthood shall... read more

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