Exodus 28:29-38
in the Exod 28:15, Exod 28:30 upon Exod 28:12; Jer 30:21; Rom 10:1 a Song 8:6; Isa 49:15-16 the Urim and Thummim, ΰϊ ΰεψιν εΰϊ δϊξιν the Urim and Thummim, lights and perfections; rendered by the LXX δηλωσιϚ και αληθεια, manifestation and truth; and, by the Vulgate, doctrina et veritas, doctrine and truth. Among the various and contradictory opinions respecting the form and substance of these mysterious appendages, the most probable seems to be that of Josephus, Philo, Bp. Patrick, Parkhurst, and the Jewish writers generally; who state, that they were no other than the twelve precious stones of the high priest's breastplate. In support of this statement, it is observed: 1. That in the description of the high priest's breastplate, Exod 39:8, et seq., the Urim and Thummim are not mentioned, but only the rows of stones; and on the contrary, in Lev 8:8, the Urim and Thummim are expressly mentioned, but not a word is said of the four rows of stones. 2. As Moses has given such a particular description of every thing relative to the high priest's dress, these would certainly have been described had they been different from what was previously mentioned. Lev 8:8; Num 27:21; Deut 33:8; Judg 1:1, Judg 20:18, Judg 20:23, Judg 20:27-28; 1Sam 23:9-12; 1Sam 28:6, 1Sam 30:7-8; Ezra 2:63; Neh 7:65 bear the judgment Zech 6:13 upon his heart 2Cor 6:11-12, 2Cor 7:3, 2Cor 12:15; Phil 1:7-8; Heb 2:17, Heb 4:15, Heb 9:12, Heb 9:24 Exod 28:4, Exod 28:28, Exod 39:22; Lev 8:7 as it were Exod 39:28; 2Chr 26:14; Neh 4:16; Job 41:26 that it be not rent John 19:23-24; Eph 4:3-16 And Exod 39:24-26 hem or, skirts pomegranates 1Kgs 7:18; 2Kgs 25:17 bells Zech 14:20 Ps 89:15; Song 2:3, Song 4:3, Song 4:13, Song 6:7, Song 6:11, Song 8:2; John 15:4-8, John 15:16; Col 1:5-6, Col 1:10 goeth in Lev 16:2; Heb 9:12 a plate of pure gold The word tzitz, which we translate a plate, properly signifies a flower. It is rendered by the LXX πεταλον, a leaf, and is called nezer, a crown in Exod 29:6 and διαδημα, a diadem, by the author of the book of Wisdom, 28:24. Josephus says that it was adorned with three rows of the flower which the Greeks call κυανος. It was two fingers broad, of a circular form, suited to the shape of the head, and so long that it reached from ear to ear, and was fastened upon a blue lace or ribband, which was tied behind the head; and as the plate reached only half round the head, the remaining part of the ribband was highly ornamented with artificial flowers. grave upon it Exod 28:9, Exod 28:11 HOLINESS Exod 39:30; Lev 8:9, Lev 10:3, Lev 19:2; Ps 93:5; Ezek 43:12; Zech 14:20; Heb 7:26; Heb 12:14; 1Pet 1:15-16, 1Pet 2:9; Rev 21:27 blue Exod 28:28, Exod 28:31; Num 15:38 the mitre it Exod 28:4, Exod 29:6, Exod 39:30-31; Lev 8:9; Zech 3:5 bear the iniquity Exod 28:43; Lev 10:17, Lev 22:9; Num 18:1; Isa 53:6, Isa 53:11-12; Ezek 4:4-6; John 1:29; 2Cor 5:21; Heb 9:28; 1Pet 2:24, 1Pet 3:18 accepted Lev 1:4, Lev 22:27, Lev 23:11; Isa 56:7, Isa 60:7; Eph 1:6; 1Pet 2:5
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