Breastplate

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. For high priestExodus 25:7
• Directions for the making ofExodus 28:15–30
• Made by BezaleelExodus 39:8Exodus 39:21
• Freewill offering of materials forExodus 35:9Exodus 35:27
• Worn by AaronExodus 29:5Leviticus 8:8
• 2. Armor for soldiersRevelation 9:9Revelation 9:17
• FIGURATIVEIsaiah 59:17Ephesians 6:141 Thessalonians 5:8

The passages, in Bible order (13)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 13 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 25:7

   and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 25:72 voices

   “Onyx stones,....

   “Onyx stones - We have already met with the stone called שהם shoham, Gen 2:12, and acknowledged the difficulty of ascertaining what is meant by it. Some think the onyx, some the sardine, and some the emerald, is meant. We cannot say precisely what it was; possibly it might have been that fine pale pebble, called the Egyptian pebble, several specimens of which now lie before me, which were brought from the coast of the Red Sea, and other parts in Egypt, by a particular friend of mine, on purpose to add to my collection of minerals.

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2. Exodus 28:15–30

   You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 28:15–302 voices

   “And thou shall make the breastplate of judgment,....

   “The breastplate of judgment - חשן משפט choshen mishpat, the same as the חשן choshen, see Exo 25:7, but here called the breastplate of judgment, because the high priest wore it upon his breast when he went to ask counsel of the Lord, to give judgment in any particular case; as also when he sat as judge to teach the law, and to determine controversies. See Lev 10:11; Deu 17:8, Deu 17:9.

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3. Exodus 29:5

   Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 29:52 voices

   “And thou shall take the garments,....

   “Thou shalt take the garments - As most offices of spiritual and secular dignity had appropriate habits and insignia, hence, when a person was appointed to an office and habited for the purpose, he was said to be invested with that office, from in, used intensively, and vestio, I clothe, because he was then clothed with the vestments peculiar to that office.

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4. Exodus 35:9

   and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

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5. Exodus 35:27

   The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

   ›Commentary on Exodus 35:272 voices

   “And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set,....

   “The precious stones Exo 28:9 and spices were contributed by the rulers, who were more wealthy than the other Israelites.

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6. Exodus 39:8

   He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

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7. Exodus 39:21

   Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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8. Leviticus 8:8

   Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 8:82 voices

   “And he put the breastplate upon him,....

   “He put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim - The Urim and Thummim are here supposed to be something different from the breastplate itself. See Clarke’s note on Exo 28:15, See Clarke’s note on Exo 28:16, See Clarke’s note on Exo 28:30.

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9. Isaiah 59:17

   He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

   ›Commentary on Isaiah 59:172 voices

   “(Verse 16, 17.) And the Lord saw, and evil appeared in his eyes: because there is no justice, and he saw that there is no man, and he was astonished, because there is no one to oppose. And his own arm will save him: and his righteousness itself will strengthen him. He is clothed with righteousness as with a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head. He is clothed with garments of vengeance, and covered with a cloak of zeal.

   “But God has strengthened him with his arm and righteousness, and confirmed him with mercy, so that those who desire to turn from error may be saved not by their own merit, but by God's mercy. Finally, he has put on the armor of righteousness, and the helmet of salvation, and the garments of vengeance, and has wrapped himself in the cloak of zeal. Thus, armed, he has gone forth to battle, to exact vengeance upon his enemies. Without a doubt, this signifies the Jews, who persist in blasphemies, and the Roman army surrounding their enemies.

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10. Ephesians 6:14

    Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

    ›Commentary on Ephesians 6:141 voice

    "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth." Concerning the members of the soul mentioned in scripture, which are all referred to as members of the body, there is no doubt. I believe that one such member is now mentioned, the loins, which we are commanded to gird with truth. It is also written in the Gospel of Luke: "Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning" (Luke 12:35). Therefore, the loins are always mentioned in regards to generation and seed, according to: "I will set fruit of your loins upon your throne" (Psalm 132:11).

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11. 1 Thessalonians 5:8

    But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.

    ›Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:82 voices

    “Sleeping here the apostle calls those who remain in evil, as being immovable toward virtue and immersed in dreamlike delusions. Such, indeed, are the affairs of the present life, in no way differing from the visions of sleep. Furthermore, by drunkenness he means not only …

    “But if we must also examine the statement, "And it was night," so that it has not been interjected to no purpose by the Evangelist, we must say that the perceptible night at that time was symbolic, an image of the night that was in Judas's soul when Satan, the darkness that lies over the abyss, entered him.

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12. Revelation 9:9

    They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

    ›Commentary on Revelation 9:92 voices

    “[The noise of their wings was like the sound of chariots] signifies that the few who were in the lead as the horses have now been multiplied in the chariots [that follow]. This suggests either an increase in the diversity of new opinions or the …

    “After this, the divine evangelist vividly and fearfully describes to us the nature of the worms. In each of the descriptions concerning them, one would marvel at the precision of the account; for he did not say that they had the "teeth of lions", the …

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13. Revelation 9:17

    Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

    ›Commentary on Revelation 9:171 voice

    “And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, etc. The malignant spirits, in whose hearts they preside, are clothed with their punishments. For we read that those worshipping the beast are to be tormented with fire and sulfur, …

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