Exodus 28:2 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 28:2

Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.

BSB

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ASV

And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.

KJV

And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For glory and for beauty - Four articles of dress were prescribed for the priests in ordinary, and four more for the high-priest. Those for the priests in general were a coat, drawers, a girdle, and a bonnet. Besides these the high-priest had a robe, an ephod, a breastplate, and a plate or diadem of gold on his forehead. The garments, says the sacred historian, were for honor and for beauty. They were emblematical of the office in which they ministered. 1. It was honorable.

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The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

But we must chiefly recollect what I have said, viz., that in these garments the supreme purity and wondrous glory of Christ were represented; as if God should promise that the Mediator would be far more august than the condition of man could produce.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will make	H6213 →
בִגְדֵי־	vig.dei-	garments of	H899 →
קֹ֖דֶשׁ	Ko.desh	holiness	H6944 →
לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן	le.'a.ha.Ron	for Aaron	H175 →
אָחִ֑יךָ	'a.Chi.kha	brother your	H251 →
לְכָב֖וֹד	le.kha.Vod	for glory	H3519 →
וּלְתִפְאָֽרֶת׃	u.le.tif.'A.ret	and for beauty	H8597 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 19:8
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
  I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
- Revelation 7:13–14
  Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”
- Psalms 132:9
  May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
- Ephesians 5:26–27
  to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Mark 9:3
  His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.
Through
Hebrews 7:26
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Peter 2:22
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- Hebrews 4:14–15
  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.

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