And 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. Ver. 1. _Take thou unto thee._] Christ also was "taken from among men," Heb 5:1... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. Ver. 2. _For glory and for beauty._] _Prodit Aaron a capite ad calcem, os humerosque Deo similis._ The high priest was gloriously apparelled, to strike a religious reverence into the eyes and hearts of the beholders,... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 3. _That they may make, &c_] _Vides, in sacerdotibus nil plebeium reperiri, nil popul... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 4. _An ephod._] Not that which w... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. Ver. 5. _And they shall take gold, and blue, &c._] The cloak of Alcisthenes the Sybarite (sold for one hundred and twenty talents), that parliament robe of Demetrius, king of Macedonia (which no prince after him would put... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall make the ephod [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, [of] scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. Ver. 6. _The ephod of gold._] This the high priest only might wear; neither might any imitate it; for that was the fall of Gideon's house. Jdg 8:26-27... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: Ver. 9. _Two onyx stones._] These signified Christ's perpetual love to his people, and how precious they be to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 12. _And Aaron shall bear their names._] To set forth Christ's incessant intercession... [ Continue Reading ]
And two chains [of] pure gold at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. Ver. 14. _Fasten. the wreathen chains._] These chains wherewith the breastplate and shoulder were tied, signified, saith one, _a_ the perfect contexture of all heavenly... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 15. _The breastplate of judgment._] So called because the priest was to pu... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 17. _Four rows of stones._] According to the number and order of the twelve tribes encamping about God's tabernacle. In all wh... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 30. _The Urim and the Thummim._] A distinc... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all [of] blue. Ver. 31. _The robe of the ephod._] Which signified the royal robe of Christ's righteousness, reaching down to the feet, large enough to cover all our imperfections.... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 32. _That it be not rent._] To show that there should be no rents or schisms in the Church. 1 Corinthia... [ Continue Reading ]
And [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: Ver. 33. _Pomegranates of blue._] These hanging intermixed with bells, signified the sweet and comfortable effects of... [ Continue Reading ]
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. Ver. 34. _A golden bell and a pomegranate._] Shadowing out, (1.) The prophetic office of Christ here, and his perpetual intercession in heaven: (2) The duty of ministers; which is, _Vivere concio... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 35. _And his sound shall be heard._] _Necesse erat ut Pontifex totus vocalis ingrederetur sanctuarium, ne forte non audito sonit... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Ver. 36. _HOLINESS TO THE LORD._] Hence it was not lawful for the high priest, say the Jews, to put off his bonnet to whomsoever he met, were he never so great a man; lest the nam... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. Ver. 37. _Upon the mitre._] Which had a holy crown with it, Exo 29:6 signifying the deity and dignity of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 38. _That Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 39. _Embroider the coat._] See Revelation 1:13. Christ is clothed with such a robe, as king and counsellor of his Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 40. _Coats_] (1.) Linen garments for innocency; (2.) Girdles for constancy and stability; (3.) Bonnets for safety from the rage of Satan and his ins... [ Continue Reading ]
And 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. Ver. 43. _That t... [ Continue Reading ]