Exodus 28:1
in Exodus 28“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
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ASV
And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
KJV
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
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This verse in Exodus 28
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to hold their office from generation to generation. In the patriarchal times, the external rites of worship had generally been conducted by the head of the tribe or family, in accordance with the principle involved in the dedication of the firstborn Exo 13:2; Num 3:12-
This site's exposition
have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites
on Exodus 28:1-2
Aaron and his four sons are called by name “to serve Me as priests,” so the priesthood begins as one household. The garments are made “to give him glory and splendor,” a phrase that occurs twice in Scripture, here and at verse 40.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,....
A blessed thing it is when real holiness goes, as the ceremonial holiness did, by succession in a family. The priests' garments appointed, for glory and beauty,
He appoints their livery; their work was holy, and so must their garments be, and unanswerable to the glory of the house which was now to be erected,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The appointment was a special act of God's sovereignty, so that there could be no ground for popular umbrage by the selection of Aaron's family, with whom the office was inalienably established and continued in unbroken succession till the introduction of the Christian era.
Aaron - and his sons - The priesthood was to be restrained to this family because the public worship was to be confined to one place; and previously to this the eldest in every family officiated as priest, there being no settled place of worship. It has been very properly observed that, if Moses had not acted by the Divine appointment, he would not have passed by his own family, which continued in the condition of ordinary Levites, and established the priesthood, the only dignity in the nation, in the family of his brother Aaron. “The priests, however, had no power of a secular nature, nor does it appear from history that they ever arrived at any till the time of the Asmoneans or Maccabees.” See Clarke’s note on Exo 19:22.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֡ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| הַקְרֵ֣ב | hakrev | bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֵלֶיךָ֩ | ʾeleikha | to yourself | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֨ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אָחִ֜יךָ | ʾachikha | brother your | H251 → | 630 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּנָ֣יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אִתּ֔וֹ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
| מִתּ֛וֹךְ | mitokh | from among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לְכַהֲנוֹ־ | lekhahanov- | to serve as priest he | H3547 → | 23 times |
| לִ֑י | li | to <the> me | ||
| אַהֲרֹ֕ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| נָדָ֧ב | nadav | Nadab | H5070 → | 20 times |
| וַאֲבִיה֛וּא | vaavihu' | and Abihu | H30 → | 12 times |
| אֶלְעָזָ֥ר | ʾelazar | Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| וְאִיתָמָ֖ר | veitamar | and Ithamar | H385 → | 21 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹֽן׃ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
וְאַתָּ֡הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
הַקְרֵ֣בbring near
hakrevH7126 →280 times
אֵלֶיךָ֩to yourself
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַהֲרֹ֨ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אָחִ֜יךָbrother your
ʾachikhaH251 →630 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בָּנָ֣יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
אִתּ֔וֹwith him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
מִתּ֛וֹךְfrom among
mitokhH8432 →418 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לְכַהֲנוֹ־to serve as priest he
lekhahanov-H3547 →23 times
לִ֑יto <the> me
li
אַהֲרֹ֕ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
נָדָ֧בNadab
nadavH5070 →20 times
וַאֲבִיה֛וּאand Abihu
vaavihu'H30 →12 times
אֶלְעָזָ֥רEleazar
ʾelazarH499 →72 times
וְאִיתָמָ֖רand Ithamar
veitamarH385 →21 times
בְּנֵ֥י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹֽן׃Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the…
it leads to
- John 3:27
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- Numbers 3:10
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- Romans 15:15–16
However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
- Numbers 16:5–7
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one…
- Numbers 16:40
just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the…
- John 3:27
Through
Deuteronomy 10:6The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:38
At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…
- Numbers 20:23–28
And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 33:30–33
They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.
- Numbers 33:38
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
5 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonWildernessNadabAaron's eldest son, ordained in Leviticus 8 and killed with his brother Abihu for offering strange fire before Jehovah on the prie…
- PersonWildernessAbihuAaron's second son, killed alongside Nadab for the strange fire Jehovah had not commanded — "I will be sanctified in them that com…
- PersonWildernessEleazarAaron's third son who succeeded him as high priest on Mount Hor, founding the line that runs to Phinehas and Zadok.
- PersonWildernessIthamarAaron's fourth son, ordained priest in Leviticus 8; overseer of the tabernacle's accounts and the Gershonite and Merarite service.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.