z (7.e:) In the place where the two Shoulder-pieces were joyned rogether. « Into the Holy of Holies. An evident Type of Chriſt's entring into Heaven with the names, and in the ſtead of his people, the true J/rae!, upon his Shoulders, and preſenting them to his Fa- ther with acceptance. x Not ſo much to the High Prieſt, that he ſhould not forget to pray for them, as to God, that he, beholding their names there, according to his order, might graciouſly remem- ber them, and ſhew mercy unto them. Such a memorial to God was the Rainbow, Gen: 9; 13. Such things are ſpoken of God af- ter the mannerofmen. |
13 And thou ſhalt makeouches y of gold :
y Not for the Stones, verſe 12: which had other Ouches,wverſe x71: but for the Chains, werſe 14.
14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends z : of wreathen work {balt thou make them, and faſten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
z Or, with ends, (i: e:) not like Chains that are faſtned about ones Neck or Arm, which ſeem to have no end; but two diſtin&
* Chaihs with two ſeveral ends, both hanging downward ; compare werſe 22. The Syriack render it double, others equal, or of equal length.
i5 4 Andthou ſhalt make the breaſt-plate of judge- ments with cunning work,after the Work of the ephod thou ſbalt make it : of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of ſcarlet, and of fine twined linen ſbalt thou make It.
a This was a ſquare and curiouſly-wrought piece -put over the
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Ephod upon one's Breaſt, called of judgment, becauſe from thence the 1ſraehtes were to expe& and receive their judgment, and the mind of God in all thoſe weighty matters of War or Peace, where- in they conſulted God for dire&tion. _ 1:6 Four ſquare it ſhallbe, being doubled 5 : a ſpan ſpat be thelength thereof, and a ſpan ſal! be the breadth thereof,
þ Forgreater ſtrength, that it might better ſupport and ſecure the precious Stones which were put into it, and that it might re- ceivethe Urim and Thummim, Lev: 8.8.
four rows of tone c : the firſt row ſhall be a | ſardius, copaz, and a carbuncle : this ſhall be the firſt row.
Stones, which the Jewiſh Doors themſelves are nor agreed in, fe- ing this uſe of them is now aboliſhed. It may ſuffice to know,that they were precious Stones ſeverally alloted to the names of the ſe- veral Tribes, according to God's good pleaſure, poſſibly with re- ſpe& to ſome diſpoſition or concerament of each Tribe, whichar this diftance we cannot learn. -
18 And the ſecond row ſhall be an emeraud, a ſaphir, and a diamond.
19 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyſt. OE
20 And the fourth row,a beryl, and anonyx, anda jaſper : they (ball be fer in gold in their + incloſings.
dren of Iſrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a ſignet: every one with his name (ball they be according tothe twelve tribes 9.
d (i: e: ) According to the order of their birth, the firſt ſtone to theeldeſt, the ſecond to the next, &c.
22 And thou thalt make upon the breaſt-plate chains at the ends e, of wreathen work of pure gold.
eSome think theſeare the ſame with thoſe mentioned,v: 14. Bur it ſeems improbable, and without example, that God ſhould in this ſhort deſcription, and that within a few Verſes, give a new and ſe- cond command concerning the ſame thing.It may rather ſeem thar theſe are other Chains faſtened to the Breaſt-plate, as it follows, whereas thoſe Chains, wer. 14. ſeem to have been faſtned to the E- phod, to thoſe ouches made in it for that purpoſe, wirſe 13. And whereas theſe Chains alſo are faſfened in the {aid ouches, werſe 25: two ſeveral Chains may well enough be faſtened in divers parts of each of the ouches; and there ſeems to be this difference be- tween the Chains, thoſe Chains mentioned wer: 14. are fſaid to be faſtened _ at one end, even to the ouches of the Ephod, whence they might hang down looſely, whereas theſe are manifeſtly faſte- ned at both ends, verſe 24, 25.
| 23 And thou ſhalt make upon the breaſt-plate two rings of gold ; and ſbalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breaſt-plate.
24 And thou ſhalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breafſi- plate. |
25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chaivs thou ſhale faſten in the two ouches, and put them on the ſhoulder-pieces of the ephod beforeit #.
f (#:e.) In the fore-part of the Ephod ; or before him, 5: 6: the High-prieſt, in hisfore-part, upon his breaſt.
26 And thou ſhalt make two rings of gold, and thou ſhalt put them upon the rwo ends g of the breaſt-plare, in the border thereof, which & inthe ſide of the ephod inward 6, | R
g To wit, upon the lower ends, for there were other rings put: upon the upper ends, ver. 23. 24, 25. h(z.e.) In the inner tide of the Ephod, under which theſe rings were hid ; for the Ephod was double, wer: 16.
27 And two other rings i of gold thou ſhalt make,and Shalt put them on the two ſides of the ephod under-neath k, towards the forepare thereof /, over-againſt the other coupling thereof m,above the curious girdle ofthe ephod.
; To anſwer the two Rings in the Breaſt-plate, that by all theſe the Breaſt-plate might be the better faſtened to the Ephod. In the lower part of the Ephod, or in that part of it which is under the loweſt part of the Breaſt-Plate. ! Towards the Breaſt. (i:e. ) O- ver-againſt the Ouches on the ſhoulder-pieces, where the upper part of the Breaſt-plate was faſtened to the Ephod.
28 And they $hall bind the breaſt-plate by the rings
thereof,unto therings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that i# may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and tharthe breaſt-plate be not looſed from the ephod.
29 And Aaron.ſball bear the namesof the children of Iſrael in the breaſt-plate of judgment upon his heart », when he goeth in unto the holy place o, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
» Partly to admoniſh the High Prieſt of that 4 ſhould have ro his people, & with what ardency ory fr pum = them, and re” rw to repreſent the tender compaſſions of Chriſt the great High-Prieſt towards his people, and how mindful he is of them,and of all their concerns,even when he js in the Holy of Ho- lies, that 1s, in Heaven, where heremembers them ftill, and unceC.
ſantly intercedes for them. o (7; e: ) Into th : poſitive degree being pur for the iactntvs,. moſt Holy place; the
39 And* thou ſhalt putin the breaft-plate of ; : ment, the Urim and the Thummim P, Plate,of judge
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