Exodus 28

Treated in 10 passages across the library.

  • 28:8 The band woven to fasten it, which goes around it, must be made in the same way and form a single piece with it, of gold, blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen. 2
  • 28:38 Aaron is to wear it on his forehead. In this way he will carry the guilt of the holy things the Israelites consecrate, whatever holy gifts they bring. It will rest on his forehead at all times, so that they find acceptance before the LORD. 2
  • 28:2 You are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to clothe him with glory and beauty. 1
  • 28:3 Speak to all who are wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and have them make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, so that he may serve me as priest. 1
  • 28:29 So Aaron will carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastpiece of judgment over his heart whenever he goes into the holy place, to keep them in remembrance before the LORD at all times. 1
  • 28:32 In the middle there is to be an opening for the head. Around the opening put a hem of woven work, like the neck of a coat of armor, so that it will not rip. 1
  • 28:33 Around its hem make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, all the way around, with gold bells between them all around, 1
  • 28:36 You are to make a plate of pure gold and cut on it, the way a seal is cut, the words 'Holy to the LORD.' 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites Exod. xxviii. 29

    …of the church before God. He had a breastplate which he is said to wear on his heart, Exod. xxviii. 29, wherein the names of the children of Israel were engraven, after the manner of seals or…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    The nature of purchased grace cites Exod. xxviii. 38

    …bears the iniquity, the guilt, and provocation, which in severe justice doth attend them, Exod. xxviii. 38; and not only so, but he washes away all their filth and defilements. He is as a…

  3. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Divine and Supernatural Light cites Exod. xxviii. 3

    …and skilful in embroidering, that God had filled them with the spirit of wisdom, Exod. xxviii. 3. God is the author of such knowledge; but yet not so but that flesh and blood reveals it.…

  4. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites Exodus 28:38

    …and let my motto be, “Ready for either.” January 8 “The iniquity of the holy things.” (Exodus 28:38) What a veil is lifted up by these words, and what a disclosure is made! It will be…

  5. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Minister's Self-Watch cites Exod. xxviii. 33

    …and pomegranates; the one a figure of sound doctrine, and the other of a fruitful life. Exod. xxviii. 33, 34. The Lord will be sanctified in all those that draw near unto him (Isa. lii. 11); for…

  6. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Exod. 28:32

    …coat should not be rent; so God took special care that the ephod should not be rent, Exod. 28:32, and chap. 39:23. The golden bells on this ephod, by their precious matter and pleasant…

  7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law cites Exod. 28:36

    …“and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord” (Exod. 28:36, 38.) 6. To explain this by a single instance: The law says, “Thou shalt not kill;” and…

  8. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Holiness of God cites Exod 28:8

    …God’s holiness shine forth. We read that Aaron put on his garments for glory and beauty. Exod 28:8. When we wear the embroidered garment of holiness, it is for glory and beauty. A good…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Grace cites Exod 28:2

    …the law were not only to wash in the great laver, but were arrayed with glorious apparel. Exod 28:2. This was typical, to show God’s people are not only washed from gross sins, but adorned…

  10. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Sanctification cites Exod 28:8

    …in the law were not only washed in the great laver, but adorned with glorious apparel. Exod 28:8; so sanctification not only washes from sin, but adorns with purity. What is…