Exodus 28:4
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4 And these are the garments which they shall make: (A)a breastplate, (B)an [a]ephod, (C)a robe, (D)a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and (E)a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.
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- Exodus 28:4 Ornamented vest
Revelation 9:17
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17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; (A)and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.
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Ephesians 6:14
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14 Stand therefore, (A)having girded your waist with truth, (B)having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
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1 Thessalonians 5:8
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8 But let us who are of the day be sober, (A)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.
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Isaiah 59:17
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17 (A)For He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Exodus 28:39-40
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39 “You shall (A)skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.
40 (B)“For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make [a]hats for them, for glory and (C)beauty.
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- Exodus 28:40 headpieces or turbans
Isaiah 11:5
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5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.
2 Samuel 6:14
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14 Then David (A)danced[a] before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing (B)a linen ephod.
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- 2 Samuel 6:14 whirled about
1 Samuel 30:7
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7 (A)Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring the ephod here to me.” And (B)Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
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1 Samuel 23:6
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6 Now it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech (A)fled to David at Keilah, that he went down with an ephod in his hand.
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1 Samuel 22:18
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18 And the king said to Doeg, “You turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and [a]struck the priests, and (A)killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod.
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- 1 Samuel 22:18 attacked
1 Samuel 2:18
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Samuel’s Childhood Ministry
18 (A)But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, (B)wearing a linen ephod.
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Leviticus 8:7-9
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7 And he (A)put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him. 8 Then he put the breastplate on him, and he (B)put the [a]Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate. 9 (C)And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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- Leviticus 8:8 Lit. Lights and the Perfections, Ex. 28:30
Exodus 39:28
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28 (A)a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, (B)short trousers of fine woven linen,
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Exodus 39:25-26
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25 And they made (A)bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates: 26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to [a]minister in, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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- Exodus 39:26 serve
Exodus 39:8-22
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Making the Breastplate
8 (A)And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 9 They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. 10 (B)And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; 11 the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13 the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. 14 There were (C)twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. 15 And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. 16 They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 18 The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. 19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod. 20 They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. 21 And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Making the Other Priestly Garments
22 (D)He made the (E)robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
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Exodus 39:2-5
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Making the Ephod
2 (A)He made the (B)ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 3 And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs. 4 They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges. 5 And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 28:6-35
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6 (A)and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked. 7 It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the [a]intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.
9 “Then you shall take two onyx (B)stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: 10 six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their (C)birth. 11 With the work of an (D)engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So (E)Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders (F)as a memorial. 13 You shall also make settings of gold, 14 and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.
The Breastplate(G)
15 (H)“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. 16 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. 17 (I)And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a [b]sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; 18 the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 the third row, a [c]jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row, a [d]beryl, an [e]onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings. 21 And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.
22 “You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold. 23 And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate; 25 and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.
26 “You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod. 27 And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the [f]intricately woven band of the ephod. 28 They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.
29 “So Aaron shall (J)bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 And (K)you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the [g]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.
Other Priestly Garments(L)
31 (M)“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear. 33 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: 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around. 35 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 he comes out, that he may not die.
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- Exodus 28:8 ingenious work of
- Exodus 28:17 Or ruby
- Exodus 28:19 Or amber
- Exodus 28:20 Or yellow jasper
- Exodus 28:20 Or carnelian
- Exodus 28:27 ingenious work of
- Exodus 28:30 Lit. Lights and the Perfections
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