Priest Garments

Jupiter

Onyx

Onyx

• a precious stone or gem

1. probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite

2. שֹׁהַם shôham, sho’-ham; from an unused root probably mean to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color):—onyx.

• H7718 matches the Hebrew שֹׁהַם (shoham), which occurs 11 times in 11 verses

• You shall make for the breastpiece:
  • twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.
    • עֲבֹת ʻăbôth, ab-oth’; or עֲבוֹת ʻăbôwth; or (feminine) עֲבֹתָה ʻăbôthâh; the same asH5687; something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage:—band, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).
    • cord, rope, cordage, foliage, interwoven foliage
    • wreathen (7x),cords (5x), band (4x), boughs (3x), rope (3x), chains (2x), branches (1x).
  • two rings of gold
    • טַבַּעַת ṭabbaʻath, tab-bah’-ath; from H2883; properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind:—ring. 
      • 49 times in 38 verses
    • put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.
    • put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.
  • attach in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod
    • the 2 ends of the 2 cords:
      • attach to the 2 settings of filigree
  • make 2 rings of gold,
    • put them at the 2 ends of the breastpiece,
      • on its inside edge next to the ephod.
  • make 2 other rings of gold,
    • attach them in front to the lower part of the 2 shoulder pieces of the ephod
      • at its seam above the skillfully woven band (curious girdle) of the ephod.
        • חֵשֶׁב chêsheb, khay’-sheb; from H2803; a belt or strap (as being interlaced):—curious girdle.
        • lex: So called from its woven work of various colors 
          • חָשַׁב châshab, khaw-shab’; a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute:—(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  • bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue,
    • פָּתִיל pâthîyl, paw-theel’; from H6617; twine:—bound, bracelet, lace, line, ribband, thread, wire. 
      • lex : a thread, a line, used of a string by which a seal-ring was suspended
      • 11x in 11v
    • so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod
    • so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.
• Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart
  • when he goes into the Holy Place
  • to bring them to regular remembrance before the LORD.
• Put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment

  • Urim = “lights”

    1. stones kept in a pouch on the high-priest’s breastplate, used in determining God’s decision in certain questions and issues

    2. אוּרִים ʼÛwrîym, oo-reem’; plural of H217; lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest’s breastplate:—Urim.

     

  • Thummim = “perfection”

    1. stones provided for the means of achieving a sacred lot

       1. used with the Urim, the will of God was revealed

       2. תֻּמִּים Tummîym, toom-meem’; plural of H8537; perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest’s breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth:—Thummim.
  • they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the LORD.
• Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the LORD regularly.

You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

• It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it (midst),
  • with a woven binding around the opening,
  • like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear.
  • תַּחֲרָא tachărâʼ, takh-ar-aw’; from H2734 in the original sense of H2352 orH2353; a linen corslet (as white or hollow):—habergeon.
• On its hem you shall make:
  • שׁוּל shûwl, shool; from an unused root meaning to hang down; a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge:—hem, skirt, train. 
    • 11 times in 10 verses
    • Lex : the train, flowing skirt of a robe, to expose to the greatest shame, to uncover the skirt
  • pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns,

pomegranates

• רִמּוֹן rimmôwn, rim-mone’; or רִמֹּן rimmôn; from H7426; a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament):—pomegranate. 
• רָמַם râmam, raw-mam’; a primitive root; to rise (literally or figuratively):—exalt, get (oneself) up, lift up (self), mount up. 

blue 

• תְּכֵלֶת tᵉkêleth, tek-ay’-leth; probably for H7827; the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith:—blue. 
  • lex : a shell fish
• שְׁחֵלֶת shᵉchêleth, shekh-ay’-leth; apparently from the same as H7826 through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound; a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.:—Onycha. 
• שַׁחַל shachal, shakh’-al; from an unused root probably meaning to roar; a lion (from his characteristic roar):—(fierce) lion. 

purple

• אַרְגָּמָן ʼargâmân, ar-gaw-mawn’; of foreign origin; purple (the color or the dyed stuff):—purple. 
• 38x in 38v

scarlet, crimson

1. properly, the insect ‘coccus ilicis’, the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson

2. שָׁנִי shânîy, shaw-nee’; of uncertain derivation; crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it:—crimson, scarlet (thread).

• around its hem,
• with bells of gold between them,
  • a golden bell and a pomegranate,
  • a golden bell and a pomegranate,
• around the hem of the robe.
  • פַּעֲמֹן paʻămôn, pah-am-one’; from H6471; a bell (as struck):—bell.
    • פַּעַם paʻam, pah’-am; or (feminine) פַּעֲמָה paʻămâh; from H6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow):—anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, × now, (this) once, order, rank, step, thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
    • stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence
    • 112 times in 108 verses

• it shall be on Aaron when he ministers,
  • its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the LORD,
  • and when he comes out,
  • so that he does not die.

You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’

plate

1. flower, bloom

2. feather, wing

   1. meaning dubious

3. צִיץ tsîyts, tseets; or צִץ tsits; from H6692; properly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate; also a flower (as bright colored); a wing (as gleaming in the air):—blossom, flower, plate, wing.
4. H6731 matches the Hebrew צִיץ (tsiyts), which occurs 15 times in 15 verses

signet

• חוֹתָם chôwthâm, kho-thawm’; or חֹתָם chôthâm; from H2856; a signature-ring:—seal, signet.
• lex : The Hebrews were accustomed, like the Persians in the present day, sometimes to carry a signet ring hung by a string upon the breast.
• H2368 matches the Hebrew חוֹתָם (chowtham), which occurs 14 times in 13 verses
  • חָתַם châtham, khaw-tham’; a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal:—make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
  • 27 times in 24 verses

• fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue.
  • it shall be on the front of the turban.
  • turban, mitre
    • מִצְנֶפֶת mitsnepheth, mits-neh’-feth; from H6801; a tiara, i.e. official turban (of a king or high priest):—diadem, mitre.
    • 12 times in 9 verses
    • צָנַף tsânaph, tsaw-naf’; a primitive root; to wrap, i.e. roll or dress:—be attired, ×surely, violently turn.
    • to wrap, wind up together, wind around, roll up
  • it shall be on Aaron’s forehead
    • מֵצַח mêtsach, may’-tsakh; from an unused root meaning to be clear, i.e. conspicuous; the forehead (as open and prominent):—brow, forehead, impudent.
• Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts.
  • it shall regularly be on his forehead
  • that they may be accepted before the LORD.

Weave the coat in checker work of fine linen,

• and you shall make a turban of fine linen,
  • מִגְבָּעָה migbâʻâh, mig-baw-aw’; from the same as H1389; a cap (as hemispherical):—bonnet.
    • 4x in 4v
  • גִּבְעָה gibʻâh, ghib-aw’; feminine from the same as H1387; a hillock:—hill, little hill.
    • 69x in 69v
  • גֶּבַע Gebaʻ, gheh’-bah; from the same as H1375, a hillock; Geba, a place in Palestine:—Gaba, Geba, Gibeah.

  • Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = “hill”

    1. a levitical city in Benjamin, modern ‘Jeba’, which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, 6 miles or 10 kilometres north east of Jerusalem and 3 miles or 5 kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern ‘Mukhmas’

    2. situated on the northern limits of the kingdom of Judah
    3. H1387 matches the Hebrew גֶּבַע (Geba`),
       which occurs 19 times in 19 verses
    4. גְּבִיעַ gᵉbîyaʻ, gheb-ee’-ah; from an unused root (meaning to be convex); a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of a flower:—house, cup, pot.
• and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework.

For Aaron’s sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps.

coats

• כְּתֹנֶת kᵉthôneth, keth-o’-neth; or כֻּתֹּנֶת kuttôneth; from an unused root meaning to cover (compare H3802); a shirt:—coat, garment, robe, tunic
  • tunic, under-garment

1. a long shirt-like garment usually of linen

   29 times in 26 verses

   • coat (23x),garment (5x), robe (1x)

• כָּתֵף kâthêph, kaw-thafe’; from an unused root meaning to clothe; the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything:—arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
  • side (34x),shoulders (22x), shoulderpieces (4x), undersetters (4x), corner (2x), arm (1x)
  • 67 times in 58 verses
• make them for glory and beauty.
• put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
• make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh.
• they shall reach from the hips to the thighs;

loins, hips

1. used with 02223 in Pr. 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

2. מֹתֶן môthen, mo’-then; from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins:— greyhound, loins, side.

thigh, side, loin, base

1. thigh

   1. outside of thigh (where sword was worn)

   2. loins (as the seat of procreative power)

2. side (flank) (of object)

3. base

4. יָרֵךְ yârêk, yaw-rake’; from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side:—× body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
5. thigh (21x),side (7x), shaft (3x), loins (2x), body (1x).

•  they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting
  • or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die.

This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him

Take 1 young bullock, and 2 rams without blemish,

• unleavened bread,
• cakes unleavened tempered with oil,
• wafers unleavened anointed with oil:
  • of wheaten flour shall you make them.
  • put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket,
  • with the bullock and the two rams.

 Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall wash them with water.

• take the garments,
• put on Aaron the coat,
• the robe of the ephod,
• the ephod,
• the breastplate,
• gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
  • put the turban on his head,
  • put the holy crown on the turban.
  • take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
  • bring his sons, and put coats on them.
  • gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them:
    • and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute:
      • and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.