KJV King James Version
And 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 28:41
And 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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
WEB World English Bible
You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
ASV American Standard Version
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 may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast clothed Aaron thy brother with them, and his sons with him, and hast anointed them, and hast consecrated their hand, and hast sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me.
Surrounding context — Exodus 28
38 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.
39 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.
40 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.
41 And 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.
42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 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.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֤H3847 · la.vashto clotheאֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַהֲרֹ֣ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronאָחִ֔יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בָּנָ֖יוH1121 · benson: childאִתּ֑וֹH854 · etwithוּמָשַׁחְתָּ֨H4886 · ma.shachto anointאֹתָ֜םH853 · et[Obj.]וּמִלֵּאתָ֧H4390 · ma.leto fillאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יָדָ֛םH3027 · yadhandוְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֥H6942 · qa.dashto consecrate: consecateאֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]וְכִהֲנ֥וּH3547 · ka.hanto ministerלִֽי׃H9030 · nime
Cross-references
Exodus 29:7Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him.Leviticus 10:7And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD [is] upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.Exodus 40:15And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.Leviticus 8:1-36And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Exodus 29:9And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.Hebrews 7:28For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.1 John 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.1 John 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.Exodus 29:35And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all [things] which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.Numbers 3:3These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.Exodus 30:23-30Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels],Exodus 28:4And 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.Exodus 28:1And 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.Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].Hebrews 5:4And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as [was] Aaron.Ezekiel 43:26Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.Isaiah 10:27And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Exodus 28:41
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →