Exodus 29:5 - Exposition

Thou shalt take the garments . The directions, as here given, are incomplete, and not quite in the right order. In the LXX . they are still more incomplete. For the full process of investiture, we mast look to Le Exodus 8:7-9 . There we find that the process included nine acts.—

1 . The putting on of the linen tunic.

2 . The girding with the under-girdle.

3 . The putting on of the robe of the ephod.

4 . The putting on of the ephod.

5 . The girding with the curious girdle of the ephod.

6 . The putting on of the breast-plate.

7 . The putting into the breast-plate of the Urim and Thummim.

8 . The putting on of the mitre.

9 . The affixing to the mitre of the golden plate.

The second and seventh are omitted here; and the order of the fifth and sixth is inverted.