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22 be according to the twelve tribes. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends [of] wreathen work 23 [of] pure gold. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate

two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends 24 of the breastplate. And thou shalt put the two wreathen

[chains] of gold in the two rings [which are] on the ends of 25 the breastplate. And [the other] two ends of the two wreath

en [chains] thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put 26 [them] on the shoulder pieces of the ephod before it. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, 27 which [is] in the side of the ephod inward. And two [other] rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the [other] coupling thereof, above the curious 28 girdle of the ephod. And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that [it] may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, 29 and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place,] for a memorial before the LORD CORtinually.

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And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim ;* and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

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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 there

of it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, or breastplate, 33 that it be not rent. And [beneath] upon the hem of it thou shalt make the figure of pomegranates [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about, by the sound of which the people might be reminded of the work the high friest was engaged in, and excited to join their affections and devo34 tions with his : A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round 35 about. And it shall be upon Aaron to minister and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy [place] before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not, for his disobedience or carelessness.

What the Urim and Thummim were, is uncertain. Witsius supposes it was some sin. gular piece of workmanship made immediately by God himself, because there is no mention of the making of it, as there is of every thing else. Others think that the stones themselves were called so, as being a pledge of those oracular answers which God would give, of which, the integrity and lustre of the jewels, might seem a kind of emblem. Those who wish to see more on this subject, and various other particulars relating to the priests, the tabernacle, &c. may consult Ashworth's and Jenning's Jewish Antiquities, Spencer, Witsius, Prideaux, &c.

$6 And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, like an half coronet, and grave upon it, [like] the engraving of a signet, 37 HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And thou shalt put it on

a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the fore38 front of the mitre it shall be. And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, obtain pardon of God for the imperfections of their best duties and services, and which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts, shall separate or consecrate to God in all their offerings or gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, at all times of his solemn appearance before God, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

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And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre [of] fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle [of] needle work.

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, 41 for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may 42 minister unto me in the priest's office. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the 43 loins even unto the thighs they shall reach; And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place ;] that they bear not iniquity, and die, as a punishment for it: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

CHAP. XXIX.

We have here an account of the sacrifice and ceremonies of conse crating the priests, and the continual burnt offering.

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ND this [is] the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: 2 Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened, tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened, anointed with oil: [of] wheaten flour 3 shalt thou make them. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the 4 two rams. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

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And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy 7 crown upon the mitre. Then shalt thou take the anointing 8 oil, and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him. And thou 9 shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. And thou shalt 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, during the continuance of the Jewish dispen10 sation and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation and Aaron and his sons shall put their 11 hands upon the head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, [by] the door of the tabernacle of 12 the congregation. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, that is, the brazen altar of burnt offerings, to sanctify the altar itself, that it might be fit afterward to sanctify the sacrifices of the people, and pour all the rest of the blood beside 13 the bottom of the altar. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [that is] above the liver, probably the midriff,* and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] 14 upon them, and burn [them] upon the altar. But the flesh

of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn 15 with fire without the camp: it [is] a sin offering. Thou shalt

also take one ram: and Aaron and his sons shall put their 16 hands upon the head of the ram. And thou shalt slay the ram,

and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle [it] round about 17 upon the altar. And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and

wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put [them] unto 18 his pieces, and unto his head. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the LORD: it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram for a peace offering, both by way of thankfulness for calling him to his office, and to beg of God to prosper him in the execution of it; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle 21 the blood upon the altar round about. And they shall take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and 22 his sons' garments with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

A membrane or skin, which separates the heart and lungs from the lower intestines,

and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a 23 ram of consecration, of the priest in his office: And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that [is] before the LORD: 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them [for] a wave offering before 25 the LORD. And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn [them] upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it [is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. That which was afterward given to the priests (v. 28. Lev. vii. 34,) is here assigned to Moses, 27 because he now executed the priest's office. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons: this was done by throwing the parts up, and catching them again, to denote, their giving these things to God, and then receiving them again from 28 him as their portion: And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel for it [is] an heave offering and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offering, 29 [even] their heave offering unto the LORD. And the holy

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garments of Aaron shall be his sons after him, to be anointed 30 therein, and to be consecrated in them. [And] that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy [place.]

31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe 32 his flesh in the holy place. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that [is] in the basket, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger 34 shall not eat [thereof] because they [are] holy. And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : 35 it shall not be eaten, because it [is] holy. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaren, and to his sons, according to all [things] which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou conse36 crate them. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt 37 anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days thou shalt make an

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Now this [is that] which thou shalt offer upon the altar; 39 two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, about three o'clock in the afternoon: 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part 41 of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering. And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire 42 unto the LORD. [This shall be] a continual burnt offering throughout your generations [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, and to speak there unto thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the 44 tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my glory. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar : I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me 45 in the priest's office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God, by special covenant, and the manifold evidences of my favour toward them above all others. 46 And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I [am] the LORD their God.

CHAP. XXX.

Contains an account of the altar of incense; the ransom of souls; the holy anointing oil; and the composition of the perfume.

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ND thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon : [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it. A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; four square shall it be and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof the horns thereof [shall be] of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown or rim of gold round about, which served to keep the coals and incense from falling off. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make [it;] and they shall be for places for the 5 staves to bear it withal. And thou shalt make the staves 6 [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou

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