Exodus 28:4 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 28:4

These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.

BSB

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ASV

And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

KJV

And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Breastplate - חשן choshen. See Clarke on Exo 25:7 (note). Ephod - אפד. See Clarke’s note on Exo 25:7. Robe - מעיל meil, from עלה alah, to go up, go upon; hence the meil may be considered as an upper coat, a surtout. It is described by Josephus as a garment that reaches down to the feet, not made of two distinct pieces, but was one entire long garment, woven throughout. This was immediately under the ephod.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵ֨לֶּה	ve.'E.leh	and these	H428 →
הַבְּגָדִ֜ים	ha.be.ga.Dim	[are] the garments	H899 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
יַעֲשׂ֗וּ	ya.'a.Su	they will make	H6213 →
חֹ֤שֶׁן	Cho.shen	a breastpiece	H2833 →
וְאֵפוֹד֙	ve.'e.fOd	and an ephod	H646 →
וּמְעִ֔יל	u.me.'Il	and a robe	H4598 →
וּכְתֹ֥נֶת	u.khe.To.net	and a tunic of	H3801 →
תַּשְׁבֵּ֖ץ	tash.Betz	checkered work	H8665 →
מִצְנֶ֣פֶת	mitz.Ne.fet	a turban	H4701 →
וְאַבְנֵ֑ט	ve.'av.Net	and a sash	H73 →
וְעָשׂ֨וּ	ve.'a.Su	and they will make	H6213 →
בִגְדֵי־	vig.dei-	garments of	H899 →
קֹ֜דֶשׁ	Ko.desh	holiness	H6944 →
לְאַהֲרֹ֥ן	le.'a.ha.Ron	for Aaron	H175 →
אָחִ֛יךָ	'a.Chi.kha	brother your	H251 →
וּלְבָנָ֖יו	u.le.va.Nav	and for sons his	H1121 →
לְכַהֲנוֹ־	le.kha.ha.nov-	to serve as priest he	H3547 →
לִֽי׃	Li	to <the> me

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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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
Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 11:5
  Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 12:35
  Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7
  in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
Through
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.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:17
  And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- Ephesians 6:14
  Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Through
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.
leads to
- Romans 13:12–13
  The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

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