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Exodus 29:6

in Exodus 29

Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

KJV

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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This verse in Exodus 29

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This 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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

, 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 put the mitre upon his head,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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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The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְשַׂמְתָּ֥and you will put

    vesamtaH7760 →584 times

  • הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶתthe turban

    hamitznefetH4701 →12 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • רֹאשׁ֑וֹhead his

    roshoH7218 →599 times

  • וְנָתַתָּ֛and you will put

    venatataH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • נֵ֥זֶר[the] crown of

    nezerH5145 →

  • הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ<the> holiness

    hakodeshH6944 →469 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמִּצְנָֽפֶת׃the turban

    hamitznafetH4701 →12 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 8:9Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.5 worksZechariah 3:5Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.4 worksExodus 28:36–39You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.2 worksExodus 28:37Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.2 worksZechariah 6:11Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Leviticus 8:9

    Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 2:9–11

      Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

    • Zechariah 6:11–14

      Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.

    • Exodus 39:28–30

      as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

    • Zechariah 3:5

      Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.

    • Exodus 28:36–38

      You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 29 →

This page draws on 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.

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