- Bible
- Exodus
- Chapter 28
- Verse 5
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine linen.
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall take,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, out of their substance; that is, those that were wise hearted, and had knowledge and skill in making such garments; these were to take, not out of…
(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to…
We have here,
I. The priests nominated: Aaron and his sons, Exo 28:1. Hitherto every master of a family was priest to his own family, and offered, as he saw cause, upon altars of earth; but now that…
Cambridge Bible
the gold, &c. mentioned above in Exo 25:3-4.
6 12 (cf. Exo 39:2-7). The ephod. The -ephod" (which, to judge from Isa 30:22. Heb., will have signified a closely-fittingcovering), according to the…