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around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet <i>material,</i> all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>It shall be on Aaron when he ministers; and its tinkling shall be heard when he enters and leaves the holy place before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, so that he will not die. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, Holy to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>You shall fasten it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>It shall be on Aarons forehead, and Aaron shall take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>You shall weave the tunic of checkered work of fine linen, and shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of a weaver. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>For Aarons sons you shall make tunics; you shall also make sashes for them, and you shall make caps for them, for glory and for beauty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>You shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve Me as priests. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>You shall make for them linen breeches to cover <i>their</i> bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/28-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur guilt and die. It <i>shall be</i> a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the tunick of the ephod all of violet, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/exodus/28.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the cloak of the ephod all of blue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/three_inscriptions_with_one_meaning.htm">Three Inscriptions with one Meaning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it ... HOLINESS TO THE LORD.'--EXODUS xxviii. 36. 'In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD.'--ZECH. xiv. 20. 'His name shall be in their foreheads.'--REV. xxii. 4. You will have perceived my purpose in putting these three widely separated texts together. They all speak of inscriptions, and they are all obviously connected with each other. The first of them comes from the ancient times of the institution <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/three_inscriptions_with_one_meaning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_names_on_aarons_breastplate.htm">The Names on Aaron's Breastplate</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord, upon his two shoulders, for a memorial.... And Aaron shall bear the names of the Children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the Holy Place.'--EXODUS xxviii. 12,29. Every part of the elaborately prescribed dress of the high priest was significant. But the significance of the whole was concentrated in the inscription upon his mitre, 'Holiness to the Lord,' and in those others upon his breastplate and his shoulder. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_names_on_aarons_breastplate.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/holy_in_christ/ninth_day_holiness_and_mediation.htm">Ninth Day. Holiness and Mediation. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 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 always be upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.'--Ex. xxviii. 36, 38. God's house was to be the dwelling-place of His Holiness, the place where He was to reveal Himself; as the Holy One, not to be approached but with <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/holy_in_christ/ninth_day_holiness_and_mediation.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">Holy in Christ</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/the_worlds_great_sermons_volume_3/edwards__spiritual_light.htm">Edwards -- Spiritual Light</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Jonathan Edwards, the New England divine and metaphysician, was born at East Windsor, Connecticut, in 1703. He was graduated early from Yale College, where he had given much attention to philosophy, became tutor of his college, and at nineteen began to preach. His voice and manner did not lend themselves readily to pulpit oratory, but his clear, logical, and intense presentation of the truth produced a profound and permanent effect upon his hearers. He wrote what were considered the most important <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/the_worlds_great_sermons_volume_3/edwards__spiritual_light.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Grenville Kleiser—</span><span class="citation2">The world's great sermons, Volume 3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_ii_that_the_ruler.htm">That the Ruler Should be Pure in Thought. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The ruler should always be pure in thought, inasmuch as no impurity ought to pollute him who has undertaken the office of wiping away the stains of pollution in the hearts of others also; for the hand that would cleanse from dirt must needs be clean, lest, being itself sordid with clinging mire, it soil whatever it touches all the more. For on this account it is said through the prophet, Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord (Isai. lii. 11). For they bear the vessels of the Lord who undertake, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_ii_that_the_ruler.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_47_joshua_and_the.htm">Joshua and the Angel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The steady advancement made by the builders of the temple greatly discomfited and alarmed the hosts of evil. Satan determined to put forth still further effort to weaken and discourage God's people by holding before them their imperfections of character. If those who had long suffered because of transgression could again be induced to disregard God's commandments, they would be brought once more under the bondage of sin. Because Israel had been chosen to preserve the knowledge of God in the earth, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_47_joshua_and_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/5_sanctification.htm">Sanctification</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.' I Thess 4:4. The word sanctification signifies to consecrate and set apart to a holy use: thus they are sanctified persons who are separated from the world, and set apart for God's service. Sanctification has a privative and a positive part. I. A privative part, which lies in the purging out of sin. Sin is compared to leaven, which sours; and to leprosy, which defiles. Sanctification purges out the old leaven.' I Cor 5:5. Though it takes not <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/5_sanctification.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_iii_that_the_ruler.htm">That the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. For he who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exhibit the highest things. For that voice more readily penetrates the hearer's heart, which the speaker's life <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_iii_that_the_ruler.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/with_christ_in_the_school_of_prayer/thirtieth_lesson_an_holy_priesthood.htm">Thirtieth Lesson. An Holy Priesthood;'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">An holy priesthood;' Or, The Ministry of Intercession. An holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.'--I Peter ii. 5. Ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord.'--Isaiah lxi. 6. THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me: because the Lord hath anointed me.' These are the words of Jesus in Isaiah. As the fruit of His work all redeemed ones are priests, fellow-partakers with Him of His anointing with the Spirit as High Priest. Like the precious ointment upon <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/with_christ_in_the_school_of_prayer/thirtieth_lesson_an_holy_priesthood.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">With Christ in the School of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_iv_that_the_ruler.htm">That the Ruler Should be Discreet in Keeping Silence, Profitable in Speech. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">The ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech; lest he either utter what ought to be suppressed or suppress what he ought to utter. For, as incautious speaking leads into error, so indiscreet silence leaves in error those who might have been instructed. For often improvident rulers, fearing to lose human favour, shrink timidly from speaking freely the things that are right; and, according to the voice of the Truth (Joh. x. 12), serve unto the custody of the flock by no means <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_iv_that_the_ruler.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/fourth_sunday_after_epiphany.htm">Fourth Sunday after Epiphany</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Text: Romans 13, 8-10. 8 Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor; love therefore is the fulfilment of the law. CHRISTIAN LOVE AND THE COMMAND TO LOVE. 1. This, like the two <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle_sermons_vol_ii/fourth_sunday_after_epiphany.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Martin Luther—</span><span class="citation2">Epistle Sermons, Vol. II</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/exodus/28-31.htm">Exodus 28:31 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/28-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 28:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 28:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/28-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 28:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 28:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/exodus/28-31.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>