Exodus 28:36

You are to make a plate of the best gold, cutting on it, as on a stamp, these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

In Context

35Aaron is to put it on for his holy work; and the sound of it will be clear, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord, and when he comes out, keeping him safe from death.

37Put a blue cord on it and put it on the front of the twisted head-dress:

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Cross References

Exodus 28:9You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:

Exodus 39:27The coats for Aaron and his sons they made of the best linen;

Leviticus 8:9And on his head he put the head-dress, and in front of the head-dress the plate of gold, the holy crown, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

Leviticus 19:2Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Psalms 93:5Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

Zechariah 14:20On that day all the bells of the horses will be holy to the Lord, and the pots in the Lord's house will be like the basins before the altar.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:32-40

31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the… Read the whole commentary →

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