Exodus 29:5
in Exodus 29Take 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;
KJV
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
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This verse in Exodus 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting
on Exodus 29:4-7
The consecration runs water, garments, then oil, and Aaron alone has the oil poured “on his head” at verse 7. The sons receive theirs at verse 21 by sprinkling, with blood mixed in.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
, 8, 9 ), to signify that it was not sufficient for them to put away the pollutions of sin, but they must put on the graces of the Spirit, be clothed with righteousness, Ps. cxxxii.
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And thou shall take the garments,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
And . . . take the garments--The manner in which these parts of the ceremonial were performed is minutely described, and in discovering their symbolical import, which indeed, is sufficiently plain and obvious, we have inspired authority to guide us. It signified the necessity and importance of moral purity or holiness (Isa 52:11;
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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.
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ | velakachta | and you will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבְּגָדִ֗ים | habegadim | the garments | H899 → | 217 times |
| וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֤ | vehilbashta | and you will clothe | H3847 → | 110 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֙ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֻּתֹּ֔נֶת | hakutonet | the tunic | H3801 → | 29 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מְעִ֣יל | meil | [the] robe of | H4598 → | 28 times |
| הָאֵפֹ֔ד | haefod | the ephod | H646 → | 49 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֵפֹ֖ד | haefod | the ephod | H646 → | 49 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֹ֑שֶׁן | hachoshen | the breastpiece | H2833 → | 25 times |
| וְאָפַדְתָּ֣ | veafadta | and you will gird [the] ephod | H640 → | |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| בְּחֵ֖שֶׁב | becheshev | with [the] girdle of | H2805 → | 8 times |
| הָאֵפֹֽד׃ | haefod | the ephod | H646 → | 49 times |
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣and you will take
velakachtaH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבְּגָדִ֗יםthe garments
habegadimH899 →217 times
וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֤and you will clothe
vehilbashtaH3847 →110 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַכֻּתֹּ֔נֶתthe tunic
hakutonetH3801 →29 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מְעִ֣יל[the] robe of
meilH4598 →28 times
הָאֵפֹ֔דthe ephod
haefodH646 →49 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאֵפֹ֖דthe ephod
haefodH646 →49 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַחֹ֑שֶׁןthe breastpiece
hachoshenH2833 →25 times
וְאָפַדְתָּ֣and you will gird [the] ephod
veafadtaH640 →
ל֔וֹto <the> him
lo
בְּחֵ֖שֶׁבwith [the] girdle of
becheshevH2805 →8 times
הָאֵפֹֽד׃the ephod
haefodH646 →49 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.