NOVEMBER 18, 2021 Exodus 28:36 You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. There is a tradition that says when the High Priest was to enter the Sanctuary, he would place his hand upon the golden plate worn upon his crown so […]
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 Exodus 28:36 You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. The plate referred to here was a head plate that was attached to the mitre — or crown — worn by the High Priest. As it says in the […]
NOVEMBER 16, 2021 Exodus 28:33, 35 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around. … And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord and when […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2021 Exodus 28:30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually. Though Scripture doesn’t specify exactly what the Urim and […]
NOVEMBER 14, 2021 Exodus 28:30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually. When Peter refers to believers as a “peculiar people” […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2021 Exodus 28:16-17 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones. As we discussed yesterday, God considers His people to be His own “special treasure” — His jewels in fact. That is […]
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 Exodus 28:16-17 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones. Upon the breastplate, which was foursquare, were twelve stones representing the twelve tribes of Israel. These were not just common stones […]
NOVEMBER 10, 2021 Exodus 28:12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial. Though we have alluded to the fact that these shoham stones were worn upon the shoulders of the High […]
NOVEMBER 11, 2021 Exodus 28:15 You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. The breastplate was surely something to behold and, more importantly, something to promote wonder and consideration. First […]
NOVEMBER 9, 2021 Exodus 28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. The two shoham stones worn on the shoulders of the High Priest with both engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel — six […]
NOVEMBER 8, 2021 Exodus 28:9 Then you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel. Though most translations identify these two stones as being onyx stones, the reality is that the Hebrew word shoham is of unknown origin. In fact, many lexicons assign an “unknown meaning” to this […]
NOVEMBER 7, 2021 Exodus 28:3 So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. Just as with all of the other components that were part of the sanctuary, the garments for the […]
