. . s . meeting, and his {ns ſhall order it e fromevening to morning be- Sce Chap. fore the LORD: #t ſpall be a ſtatute for ever unto their 25.22.and* generations, ON the behalf of the children of Iſrael, 29:4* 4 * þ So called, becauſe there the people uſed to meet not only one Chap.z with another, butwith God alſo, See Exod: 25. 22. Numb. 19. 4, 37* Others render it, in the tabernacle of witneſs, becauſe there God de- clared his mind, and will, and man's duty. c To wit, the ſecond vail, in the holy place. 4 Aſhort ſpeech for, before the Ark of the teſtimony, as it is elſewhere more largely called, compare Exod. 25. 'P i6. e To wit, the lamp, or the lights, taking care that there be a TE conſtant ſupply of them, and that they burn well. *{D
CHAP. XXVIIL , To
Aaron and his ſons ordained for the prieſts office, 1. His holy garment, 2, 5. The ephod, 6. Curious girdle, 8. The two onyx ſtones on which the names of the children of Iſrael were engraven, 9 -14. Of the breaft- plate wheron was the ſame, 15 22. with two golden rings, ©
23 29. The Urim andThummim, 31. The golaenplate which
had on't Holineſs tothe Lord, 36. The coats of Aaron's ſons, their girdles,
caps, and their linen drawers, 40. which they put on when they ſerved in
the holy place, 43.
N D take chou unto thee #' Aaron thy brother, « px.q, 5;
«4
' office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, Aarons ſons.
9 Whereby the Court was diſtineu;{hed and encloſeds
and his fons with him, .from among the children x, 4. of iſrae), that he may miniſter unto me in the prieſts
a C:uſe them ro come near unto thee, that thou maycft before them ani before the people declare the will of God herein, and ſo- I:mnly ſet them apart for his Office.
2 And * thou ibalt make + holy garments & for 4a- ron thy brother, for glory and for beauty ec. :
b Garments to be uſed only in holy Miniftrations. « (z:e, )ſuch + Gr ah as are glorious and beautiful ; paitly to mind the people of. rhe holy foole digniry and exceVency of rlieir Office and Employment ; and prin- Rev. 7. 9
*Chap.3g.
cipally to repreſent the glorious Robs wherew1ch Chrift 3+ both clothed himſelf, and cloti::th all his peop!e, who ae made Priefts
[4 unto God, Q 2
3 4nd
[2.'and
* W1ſd. 18. 24.
Chap. XXVIIL
; F Or, em- | { broidered. pon it p, shallbe of the ſameq, according to the work
TY” > p . "5
d * thou halt ſpeak unto all that are wiſe-heart-
| p R n . « oy ” 19h " & Fu * whom have filled e with the ſpirit of wiſdom, [*Chap.31. char” they make Aarons garments to conſecrate himf,
35- that he may miniſter unto me in the prieſts offices
- e.) Skilful Artiſts. The Hebre ws make the Heart,not the Ee is of Wiſdom. See- Job g. 4. e Either 1.By my ordinary Providence andAſſiſtance,giving them both ability and - cog to learn the Arts; or rather 2. By extraordinary inſpiration, which was neceſſary for the Iſraelites, whoſe baſe and laborious drudgery took off their Mindsand Handsfromall ingenious Studies and Arts. f(4.e.) Tobean outward fign of my calling and conſecration of him to my holy ſervice. A Metonymical Expreſſion.
4 And theſe are the garments which they shall make; a breaſt-plate, and an ephod g. and a robe h,andabroi- dered coat 5, a mitre &, and a girdle /: and chey shall make holy garments for Aaronthy brother, and his ſons, that he may miniſter unto mein che prieſts office. |
£ This was a ſhort upper Garment, made without Sleeves, which was girt about the Body. And it was two-fold, the one made of fine linen,which was common not only to all the Prieſts,as 1 Sam. 2: 18. and 22. 18. butto ſome others alſo upon ſolemn and ſacred oc- caſions, as 2 Sam: 6. 14. the other made of divers Stuffs and Colours, peculiar to the High Prieſt; the parts whereof were not ſewed, but tied together. h An upper Garment like a Surpliſs. #{ An un- der Coat curiouſly wrought with circular works like Eyes, as the word notes, and richly adorned with Gems and other things. k A kind of Bonnet or Cap for the covering of the Head, ſuppoſed to be ſomething like a Turk;ſb Turband for the form of it. / To encloſe and faſten all the other Garments, which were looſe in themſelves, that he might be more expeditious in his work.
5 Andthey $hall take gold, and blue, and purple,and
ſcarler, and fine linens 6 And they hall make the ephod of gold w, of blue and of purple, of ſcarlet, and fine twined linen,
with cunning work. ; : 2 Beaten out into plates, and cut into wires. l 7 Itshall havethe ewe shoulder-pieces » thereof joyn-
ed at the two edges thereof ; and ſo it 5hall be joyned
together * ;
» Which were two parts of the Ephod going up from the Body of the Ephod, the one before, the other behind, which when the Prieſt had put over his Head, were tied together, and covered the Prieſt's Shoulders, and part of his Back and Breaſt. ES
8 4nd the + curious girdle of the ephod o which s
thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and ſcar- let, and fine twined linen. F
o Which was for the cloſer faſtning and girding of it. p This is added to diſtinguiſh it from the other Girdle, verſe 4. which was to gird all the Garments, and was tied in a lower place. 9 Either 7. Ofthe ſame piece; or rather 2, Of the ſame kind of materials and workmanſhip; as the following words explain it.
9 And thou shalttake twoonyx ſtones, and grave on them the names of the children of Iſrael :
Io Six of their names on one ſtone, and zheorber
ſix r names of the reſt on the other ſtone, according to their birth + .
r Levi ſeems tobe omitted here, as being ſufficiently repreſent- ed by the High Prieſt himſelf. ; ,
1: * With the work of an engraver inſtone, /ike the engravings of a fignet ſhalt thou engravethe two ſtones, with the names of the children of Iſrael : thou ſhalt make them to be ſet in ouches s of gold,
s Hollow places, ſuch as are made in golden Rings to receive and hold the precious Stones which are pur in them.
12 And thou ſhalt put the two ftones upon the ſhoul- ders of the Ephod r, for ſtones of memorial unto the children of Iſrael. And Aaron ſhall bear their names before the LORD #« upon his two ſhoulders for a me- morial x.