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Verse	Translation	Text
Le 8:6	Strong Concordance	And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and washed [07364] them with water [04325].
	King James	And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Moses . . . washed them with water--At consecration they were subjected to entire ablution, though on ordinary occasions they were required, before entering on their duties, only to wash their hands and feet. This symbolical ablution was designed to teach them the necessity of inward purity, and the imperative obligation on those who bore the vessels and conducted the services of the sanctuary to be holy.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Moses . . . washed them with water--At consecration they were subjected to entire ablution, though on ordinary occasions they were required, before entering on their duties, only to wash their hands and feet. This symbolical ablution was designed to teach them the necessity of inward purity, and the imperative obligation on those who bore the vessels and conducted the services of the sanctuary to be holy.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Washed them with water - Moses caused them to bathe entirely (compare Lev 16:4), not merely to wash their hands and feet, as they were to do in their daily ministrations. See the marginal reference. This bathing, which the high priest had also to go through on the day of atonement, was symbolic of the spiritual cleansing required of all Co2 7:1, but especially of those who had to draw near to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb 7:26; Mat 3:15.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
After this the act of consecration commenced. It consisted of two parts: first, the consecration of the persons themselves to the office of the priesthood, by washing, clothing, and anointing (Lev 8:6-13); and secondly, the sacrificial rites, by which the persons appointed to the priestly office were inducted into the functions and prerogatives of priests (vv. 16-36). Lev 8:6-13 The washing, clothing, and anointing. - Lev 8:6. "Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water;" i.e., directed them to wash themselves, no doubt all over, and not merely their hands and feet. This cleansing from bodily uncleanness was a symbol of the putting away of the filth of sin; the washing of the body, therefore, was a symbol of spiritual cleansing, without which no one could draw near to God, and least of all those who were to perform the duties of reconciliation. Lev 8:7-9 Then followed the clothing of Aaron. Moses put upon him the body-coat (Exo 28:39) and girdle (Exo 28:39 and Exo 39:22), then clothes him with the mel (Exo 28:31-35) and ephod (Exo 28:6-14), and the choshen with the Urim and Thummim (Ex 28:15-30), and put the cap (Exo 28:39) upon his head, with the golden diadem over his forehead (Exo 28:36-38). This investiture, regarded as the putting on of an important official dress, was a symbol of his endowment with the character required for the discharge of the duties of his office, the official costume being the outward sign of installation in the office which he was to fill. Lev 8:10-13 According to the directions in Exo 30:26-30 (cf. Lev Exo 40:9-11), the anointing was performed first of all upon "the tabernacle and everything in it," i.e., the ark of the covenant, the altar of incense, the candlestick, and table of shew-bread, and their furniture; and then upon the altar of burnt-offering and its furniture, and upon the laver and its pedestal; and after this, upon Aaron himself, by the pouring of the holy oil upon his head. This was followed by the robing and anointing of Aaron's sons, the former only of which is recorded in Lev 8:13 (according to Exo 28:40), the anointing not being expressly mentioned, although it had not only been commanded, in Exo 28:41 and Exo 40:15, but the performance of it is taken for granted in Lev 7:36; Lev 10:7, and Num 3:3. According to the Jewish tradition, the anointing of Aaron (the high priest) was different from that of the sons of Aaron (the ordinary priests), the oil being poured upon the head of the former, whilst it was merely smeared with the finger upon the forehead in the case of the latter (cf. Relandi Antiqq. ss. ii. 1, 5, and 7, and Selden, de succ. in pontif. ii. 2). There appears to be some foundation for this, as a distinction is assumed between the anointing of the high priest and that of the ordinary priests, not only in the expression, "he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head" (Lev 8:12, cf. Exo 29:7; Psa 133:2), which is applied to Aaron only, but also in Lev 21:10, Lev 21:12; although the further statement of the later Talmudists and Rabbins, that Aaron was also marked upon the forehead with the sign of a Hebrew כ (the initial letter of כהן), has no support in the law (vid., Selden, ii. 9; Vitringa, observv. ss. ii. c. 15, 9). - On the mode in which the tabernacle and its furniture were anointed, all that is stated is, that the altar of burnt-offering was anointed by being sprinkled seven times with the anointing oil; from which we may safely conclude, that the other portions and vessels of the sanctuary were anointed in the same way, but that the sprinkling was not performed more than once in their case. The reason why the altar was sprinkled seven times with the holy anointing oil, is to be sought for in its signification as the place of worship. The anointing, both of the sacred things and also of the priests, is called קדּשׁ "to sanctify," in Lev 8:10-12, as well as in Exo 40:9-11 and Exo 40:13; and in Exo 40:10 the following stipulation is added with regard to the altar of burnt-offering: "and it shall be most holy," - a stipulation which is not extended to the dwelling and its furniture, although those portions of the sanctuary were most holy also, that the altar of burnt-offering, which was the holiest object in the court by virtue of its appointment as the place of expiation, might be specially guarded from being touched by unholy hands (see at Exo 40:16). To impress upon it this highest grade of holiness, it was sprinkled even times with anointing oil; and in the number seven, the covenant number, the seal of the holiness of the covenant of reconciliation, to which it was to be subservient, was impressed upon it. To sanctify is not merely to separate to holy purposes, but to endow or fill with the powers of the sanctifying Spirit of God. Oil was a fitting symbol of the Spirit, or spiritual principle of life, by virtue of its power to sustain and fortify the vital energy; and the anointing oil, which was prepared according to divine instructions, was therefore a symbol of the Spirit of God, as the principle of spiritual life which proceeds from God and fills the natural being of the creature with the powers of divine life. The anointing with oil, therefore, was a symbol of endowment with the Spirit of God (Sa1 10:1, Sa1 10:6; Sa1 16:13-14; Isa 61:1) for the duties of the office to which a person was consecrated. The holy vessels also were not only consecrated, through the anointing, for the holy purposes to which they were to be devoted (Knobel), but were also furnished in a symbolical sense with powers of the divine Spirit, which were to pass from them to the people who came to the sanctuary. The anointing was not only to sanctify the priests as organs and mediators of the Spirit of God, but the vessels of the sanctuary also, as channels and vessels of the blessings of grace and salvation, which God as the Holy One would bestow upon His people, through the service of His priests, and in the holy vessels appointed by Him. On these grounds the consecration of the holy things was associated with the consecration of the priests. The notion that even vessels, and in fact inanimate things in general, can be endowed with divine and spiritual powers, was very widely spread in antiquity. We meet with it in the anointing of memorial stones (Gen 28:17; Gen 35:14), and it occurs again in the instructions concerning the expiation of the sanctuary on the annual day of atonement (ch. 16). It contains more truth than some modern views of the universe, which refuse to admit that any influence is exerted by the divine Spirit except upon animated beings, and thus leave a hopeless abyss between spirit and matter. According to Exo 29:9, the clothing and anointing of Aaron and his sons were to be "a priesthood to them for a perpetual statute," i.e., to secure the priesthood to them for all ages; for the same thought is expressed thus in Exo 40:15 : "their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations." When the Talmudists refer these words to the sons of Aaron or the ordinary priests, to the exclusion of Aaron or the high priest, this is opposed to the distinct context, according to which the sons of Aaron were to be anointed like their father Aaron. The utter want of foundation for the rabbinical assumption, that the anointing of the sons of Aaron, performed by Moses, availed not only for themselves, but for their successors also, and therefore for the priests of every age, is also the more indisputable, because the Talmudists themselves infer from Lev 6:15 (cf. Exo 29:29), where the installation of Aaron's successor in his office is expressly designated an anointing, the necessity for every successor of Aaron in the high-priesthood to be anointed. The meaning of the words in question is no doubt the following: the anointing of Aaron and his sons was to stand as a perpetual statute for the priesthood, and to guarantee it to the sons of Aaron for all time; it being assumed as self-evident, according to Lev 6:15, that as every fresh generation entered upon office, the anointing would be repeated or renewed.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

After this the act of consecration commenced. It consisted of two parts: first, the consecration of the persons themselves to the office of the priesthood, by washing, clothing, and anointing (Lev 8:6-13); and secondly, the sacrificial rites, by which the persons appointed to the priestly office were inducted into the functions and prerogatives of priests (vv. 16-36).

Lev 8:6-13

The washing, clothing, and anointing. - Lev 8:6. "Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water;" i.e., directed them to wash themselves, no doubt all over, and not merely their hands and feet. This cleansing from bodily uncleanness was a symbol of the putting away of the filth of sin; the washing of the body, therefore, was a symbol of spiritual cleansing, without which no one could draw near to God, and least of all those who were to perform the duties of reconciliation.

Lev 8:7-9

Then followed the clothing of Aaron. Moses put upon him the body-coat (Exo 28:39) and girdle (Exo 28:39 and Exo 39:22), then clothes him with the mel (Exo 28:31-35) and ephod (Exo 28:6-14), and the choshen with the Urim and Thummim (Ex 28:15-30), and put the cap (Exo 28:39) upon his head, with the golden diadem over his forehead (Exo 28:36-38). This investiture, regarded as the putting on of an important official dress, was a symbol of his endowment with the character required for the discharge of the duties of his office, the official costume being the outward sign of installation in the office which he was to fill.

Lev 8:10-13

According to the directions in Exo 30:26-30 (cf. Lev Exo 40:9-11), the anointing was performed first of all upon "the tabernacle and everything in it," i.e., the ark of the covenant, the altar of incense, the candlestick, and table of shew-bread, and their furniture; and then upon the altar of burnt-offering and its furniture, and upon the laver and its pedestal; and after this, upon Aaron himself, by the pouring of the holy oil upon his head. This was followed by the robing and anointing of Aaron's sons, the former only of which is recorded in Lev 8:13 (according to Exo 28:40), the anointing not being expressly mentioned, although it had not only been commanded, in Exo 28:41 and Exo 40:15, but the performance of it is taken for granted in Lev 7:36; Lev 10:7, and Num 3:3. According to the Jewish tradition, the anointing of Aaron (the high priest) was different from that of the sons of Aaron (the ordinary priests), the oil being poured upon the head of the former, whilst it was merely smeared with the finger upon the forehead in the case of the latter (cf. Relandi Antiqq. ss. ii. 1, 5, and 7, and Selden, de succ. in pontif. ii. 2). There appears to be some foundation for this, as a distinction is assumed between the anointing of the high priest and that of the ordinary priests, not only in the expression, "he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head" (Lev 8:12, cf. Exo 29:7; Psa 133:2), which is applied to Aaron only, but also in Lev 21:10, Lev 21:12; although the further statement of the later Talmudists and Rabbins, that Aaron was also marked upon the forehead with the sign of a Hebrew כ (the initial letter of כהן), has no support in the law (vid., Selden, ii. 9; Vitringa, observv. ss. ii. c. 15, 9). - On the mode in which the tabernacle and its furniture were anointed, all that is stated is, that the altar of burnt-offering was anointed by being sprinkled seven times with the anointing oil; from which we may safely conclude, that the other portions and vessels of the sanctuary were anointed in the same way, but that the sprinkling was not performed more than once in their case. The reason why the altar was sprinkled seven times with the holy anointing oil, is to be sought for in its signification as the place of worship. The anointing, both of the sacred things and also of the priests, is called קדּשׁ "to sanctify," in Lev 8:10-12, as well as in Exo 40:9-11 and Exo 40:13; and in Exo 40:10 the following stipulation is added with regard to the altar of burnt-offering: "and it shall be most holy," - a stipulation which is not extended to the dwelling and its furniture, although those portions of the sanctuary were most holy also, that the altar of burnt-offering, which was the holiest object in the court by virtue of its appointment as the place of expiation, might be specially guarded from being touched by unholy hands (see at Exo 40:16). To impress upon it this highest grade of holiness, it was sprinkled even times with anointing oil; and in the number seven, the covenant number, the seal of the holiness of the covenant of reconciliation, to which it was to be subservient, was impressed upon it. To sanctify is not merely to separate to holy purposes, but to endow or fill with the powers of the sanctifying Spirit of God. Oil was a fitting symbol of the Spirit, or spiritual principle of life, by virtue of its power to sustain and fortify the vital energy; and the anointing oil, which was prepared according to divine instructions, was therefore a symbol of the Spirit of God, as the principle of spiritual life which proceeds from God and fills the natural being of the creature with the powers of divine life. The anointing with oil, therefore, was a symbol of endowment with the Spirit of God (Sa1 10:1, Sa1 10:6; Sa1 16:13-14; Isa 61:1) for the duties of the office to which a person was consecrated. The holy vessels also were not only consecrated, through the anointing, for the holy purposes to which they were to be devoted (Knobel), but were also furnished in a symbolical sense with powers of the divine Spirit, which were to pass from them to the people who came to the sanctuary. The anointing was not only to sanctify the priests as organs and mediators of the Spirit of God, but the vessels of the sanctuary also, as channels and vessels of the blessings of grace and salvation, which God as the Holy One would bestow upon His people, through the service of His priests, and in the holy vessels appointed by Him. On these grounds the consecration of the holy things was associated with the consecration of the priests. The notion that even vessels, and in fact inanimate things in general, can be endowed with divine and spiritual powers, was very widely spread in antiquity. We meet with it in the anointing of memorial stones (Gen 28:17; Gen 35:14), and it occurs again in the instructions concerning the expiation of the sanctuary on the annual day of atonement (ch. 16). It contains more truth than some modern views of the universe, which refuse to admit that any influence is exerted by the divine Spirit except upon animated beings, and thus leave a hopeless abyss between spirit and matter. According to Exo 29:9, the clothing and anointing of Aaron and his sons were to be "a priesthood to them for a perpetual statute," i.e., to secure the priesthood to them for all ages; for the same thought is expressed thus in Exo 40:15 : "their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations." When the Talmudists refer these words to the sons of Aaron or the ordinary priests, to the exclusion of Aaron or the high priest, this is opposed to the distinct context, according to which the sons of Aaron were to be anointed like their father Aaron. The utter want of foundation for the rabbinical assumption, that the anointing of the sons of Aaron, performed by Moses, availed not only for themselves, but for their successors also, and therefore for the priests of every age, is also the more indisputable, because the Talmudists themselves infer from Lev 6:15 (cf. Exo 29:29), where the installation of Aaron's successor in his office is expressly designated an anointing, the necessity for every successor of Aaron in the high-priesthood to be anointed. The meaning of the words in question is no doubt the following: the anointing of Aaron and his sons was to stand as a perpetual statute for the priesthood, and to guarantee it to the sons of Aaron for all time; it being assumed as self-evident, according to Lev 6:15, that as every fresh generation entered upon office, the anointing would be repeated or renewed.

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¹⁵ And [1161] Jesus [2424] answering [611] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Suffer [863] it to be so now [737]: for [1063] thus [3779] it becometh [4241] [2076] us [2254] to fulfil [4137] all [3956] righteousness [1343]. Then [5119] he suffered [863] him [846].

²⁶ For [1063] such [5108] an high priest [749] became [4241] us [2254], who is holy [3741], harmless [172], undefiled [283], separate [5563] from [575] sinners [268], and [2532] made [1096] higher than [5308] the heavens [3772];

¹ Having [2192] therefore [3767] these [5025] promises [1860], dearly beloved [27], let us cleanse [2511] ourselves [1438] from [575] all [3956] filthiness [3436] of the flesh [4561] and [2532] spirit [4151], perfecting [2005] holiness [42] in [1722] the fear [5401] of God [2316].

⁴ He shall put on [03847] the holy [06944] linen [0906] coat [03801], and he shall have the linen [0906] breeches [04370] upon his flesh [01320], and shall be girded [02296] with a linen [0906] girdle [073], and with the linen [0906] mitre [04701] shall he be attired [06801]: these [01992] are holy [06944] garments [0899]; therefore shall he wash [07364] his flesh [01320] in water [04325], and so put them on [03847].

¹⁵ And he shall take [07311] of it his handful [07062], of the flour [05560] of the meat offering [04503], and of the oil [08081] thereof, and all the frankincense [03828] which is upon the meat offering [04503], and shall burn [06999] it upon the altar [04196] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381], even the memorial [0234] of it, unto the LORD [03068].

²⁹ And the holy [06944] garments [0899] of Aaron [0175] shall be his sons [01121]' after [0310] him, to be anointed [04888] therein, and to be consecrated [04390] [03027] in them.

¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint [04886] them, as thou didst anoint [04886] their father [01], that they may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547]: for their anointing [04888] shall surely be an everlasting [05769] priesthood [03550] throughout their generations [01755].

⁹ And thou shalt gird [02296] them with girdles [073], Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and put [02280] the bonnets [04021] on them: and the priest's office [03550] shall be theirs for a perpetual [05769] statute [02708]: and thou shalt consecrate [04390] [03027] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121].

¹⁴ And Jacob [03290] set up [05324] a pillar [04676] in the place [04725] where he talked [01696] with him, even a pillar [04678] of stone [068]: and he poured [05258] a drink offering [05262] thereon, and he poured [03332] oil [08081] thereon.

¹⁷ And he was afraid [03372], and said [0559], How dreadful [03372] is this place [04725]! this is none other but the house [01004] of God [0430], and this is the gate [08179] of heaven [08064].

¹ The Spirit [07307] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] is upon me; because the LORD [03068] hath anointed [04886] me to preach good tidings [01319] unto the meek [06035]; he hath sent [07971] me to bind up [02280] the brokenhearted [07665] [03820], to proclaim [07121] liberty [01865] to the captives [07617], and the opening of the prison [06495] to them that are bound [0631];

¹³ Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] the horn [07161] of oil [08081], and anointed [04886] him in the midst [07130] of his brethren [0251]: and the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] came [06743] upon David [01732] from that day [03117] forward [04605]. So Samuel [08050] rose up [06965], and went [03212] to Ramah [07414].
¹⁴ But the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] departed [05493] from Saul [07586], and an evil [07451] spirit [07307] from the LORD [03068] troubled [01204] him.

⁶ And the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] will come [06743] upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy [05012] with them, and shalt be turned [02015] into another [0312] man [0376].

¹ Then Samuel [08050] took [03947] a vial [06378] of oil [08081], and poured [03332] it upon his head [07218], and kissed [05401] him, and said [0559], Is it not because the LORD [03068] hath anointed [04886] thee to be captain [05057] over his inheritance [05159]?

¹⁶ Thus did [06213] Moses [04872]: according to all that the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him, so did [06213] he.

¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint [04886] the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], and all his vessels [03627], and sanctify [06942] the altar [04196]: and it shall be an altar [04196] most [06944] holy [06944].

¹³ And thou shalt put [03847] upon Aaron [0175] the holy [06944] garments [0899], and anoint [04886] him, and sanctify [06942] him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].

⁹ And thou shalt take [03947] the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and anoint [04886] the tabernacle [04908], and all that is therein, and shalt hallow [06942] it, and all the vessels [03627] thereof: and it shall be holy [06944].
¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint [04886] the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], and all his vessels [03627], and sanctify [06942] the altar [04196]: and it shall be an altar [04196] most [06944] holy [06944].
¹¹ And thou shalt anoint [04886] the laver [03595] and his foot [03653], and sanctify [06942] it.

¹² Neither shall he go out [03318] of the sanctuary [04720], nor profane [02490] the sanctuary [04720] of his God [0430]; for the crown [05145] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] of his God [0430] is upon him: I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁰ And he that is the high [01419] priest [03548] among his brethren [0251], upon whose head [07218] the anointing [04888] oil [08081] was poured [03332], and that is consecrated [04390] [03027] to put [03847] on the garments [0899], shall not uncover [06544] his head [07218], nor rend [06533] his clothes [0899];

² It is like the precious [02896] ointment [08081] upon the head [07218], that ran down [03381] upon the beard [02206], even Aaron's [0175] beard [02206]: that went down [03381] to the skirts [06310] of his garments [04060];

⁷ Then shalt thou take [03947] the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and pour [03332] it upon his head [07218], and anoint [04886] him.

¹² And he poured [03332] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] upon Aaron's [0175] head [07218], and anointed [04886] him, to sanctify [06942] him.

³ These are the names [08034] of the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], the priests [03548] which were anointed [04886], whom he consecrated [04390] [03027] to minister in the priest's office [03547].

⁷ And ye shall not go out [03318] from the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], lest ye die [04191]: for the anointing [04888] oil [08081] of the LORD [03068] is upon you. And they did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872].

³⁶ Which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] to be given [05414] them of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], in the day [03117] that he anointed [04886] them, by a statute [02708] for ever [05769] throughout their generations [01755].

⁴¹ And thou shalt put [03847] them upon Aaron [0175] thy brother [0251], and his sons [01121] with him; and shalt anoint [04886] them, and consecrate [04390] [03027] them, and sanctify [06942] them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].

⁴⁰ And for Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] thou shalt make [06213] coats [03801], and thou shalt make [06213] for them girdles [073], and bonnets [04021] shalt thou make [06213] for them, for glory [03519] and for beauty [08597].

¹³ And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], and put [03847] coats [03801] upon them, and girded [02296] them with girdles [073], and put [02280] bonnets [04021] upon them; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

²⁶ And thou shalt anoint [04886] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] therewith, and the ark [0727] of the testimony [05715],
²⁷ And the table [07979] and all his vessels [03627], and the candlestick [04501] and his vessels [03627], and the altar [04196] of incense [07004],
²⁸ And the altar [04196] of burnt offering [05930] with all his vessels [03627], and the laver [03595] and his foot [03653].
²⁹ And thou shalt sanctify [06942] them, that they may be most [06944] holy [06944]: whatsoever toucheth [05060] them shall be holy [06942].
³⁰ And thou shalt anoint [04886] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and consecrate [06942] them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].

¹⁰ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and anointed [04886] the tabernacle [04908] and all that was therein, and sanctified [06942] them.
¹¹ And he sprinkled [05137] thereof upon the altar [04196] seven [07651] times [06471], and anointed [04886] the altar [04196] and all his vessels [03627], both the laver [03595] and his foot [03653], to sanctify [06942] them.
¹² And he poured [03332] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] upon Aaron's [0175] head [07218], and anointed [04886] him, to sanctify [06942] him.
¹³ And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], and put [03847] coats [03801] upon them, and girded [02296] them with girdles [073], and put [02280] bonnets [04021] upon them; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

³⁶ And thou shalt make [06213] a plate [06731] of pure [02889] gold [02091], and grave [06605] upon it, like the engravings [06603] of a signet [02368], HOLINESS [06944] TO THE LORD [03068].
³⁷ And thou shalt put [07760] it on a blue [08504] lace [06616], that it may be upon the mitre [04701]; upon the forefront [06440] [04136] of the mitre [04701] it shall be.
³⁸ And it shall be upon Aaron's [0175] forehead [04696], that Aaron [0175] may bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the holy things [06944], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall hallow [06942] in all their holy [06944] gifts [04979]; and it shall be always [08548] upon his forehead [04696], that they may be accepted [07522] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

³⁹ And thou shalt embroider [07660] the coat [03801] of fine linen [08336], and thou shalt make [06213] the mitre [04701] of fine linen [08336], and thou shalt make [06213] the girdle [073] of needlework [07551] [04639].

⁶ And they shall make [06213] the ephod [0646] of gold [02091], of blue [08504], and of purple [0713], of scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine twined [07806] linen [08336], with cunning [02803] work [04639].
⁷ It shall have the two [08147] shoulderpieces [03802] thereof joined [02266] at the two [08147] edges [07098] thereof; and so it shall be joined together [02266].
⁸ And the curious girdle [02805] of the ephod [0642], which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work [04639] thereof; even of gold [02091], of blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine twined [07806] linen [08336].
⁹ And thou shalt take [03947] two [08147] onyx [07718] stones [068], and grave [06605] on them the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:
¹⁰ Six [08337] of their names [08034] on one [0259] stone [068], and the other six [08337] names [08034] of the rest [03498] on the other [08145] stone [068], according to their birth [08435].
¹¹ With the work [04639] of an engraver [02796] in stone [068], like the engravings [06603] of a signet [02368], shalt thou engrave [06605] the two [08147] stones [068] with the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: thou shalt make [06213] them to be set [04142] in ouches [04865] of gold [02091].
¹² And thou shalt put [07760] the two [08147] stones [068] upon the shoulders [03802] of the ephod [0646] for stones [068] of memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and Aaron [0175] shall bear [05375] their names [08034] before [06440] the LORD [03068] upon his two [08147] shoulders [03802] for a memorial [02146].
¹³ And thou shalt make [06213] ouches [04865] of gold [02091];
¹⁴ And two [08147] chains [08333] of pure [02889] gold [02091] at the ends [04020]; of wreathen [05688] work [04639] shalt thou make [06213] them, and fasten [05414] the wreathen [05688] chains [08333] to the ouches [04865].

³¹ And thou shalt make [06213] the robe [04598] of the ephod [0646] all [03632] of blue [08504].
³² And there shall be an hole [06310] in the top [07218] of it, in the midst [08432] thereof: it shall have a binding [08193] of woven [0707] work [04639] round about [05439] the hole [06310] of it, as it were the hole [06310] of an habergeon [08473], that it be not rent [07167].
³³ And beneath upon the hem [07757] of it thou shalt make [06213] pomegranates [07416] of blue [08504], and of purple [0713], and of scarlet [08144] [08438], round about [05439] the hem [07757] thereof; and bells [06472] of gold [02091] between [08432] them round about [05439]:
³⁴ A golden [02091] bell [06472] and a pomegranate [07416], a golden [02091] bell [06472] and a pomegranate [07416], upon the hem [07757] of the robe [04598] round about [05439].
³⁵ And it shall be upon Aaron [0175] to minister [08334]: and his sound [06963] shall be heard [08085] when he goeth [0935] in unto the holy [06944] place before [06440] the LORD [03068], and when he cometh [03318] out, that he die [04191] not.

²² And he made [06213] the robe [04598] of the ephod [0646] of woven [0707] work [04639], all [03632] of blue [08504].

⁷ And he put [05414] upon him the coat [03801], and girded [02296] him with the girdle [073], and clothed [03847] him with the robe [04598], and put [05414] the ephod [0646] upon him, and he girded [02296] him with the curious girdle [02805] of the ephod [0646], and bound [0640] it unto him therewith.
⁸ And he put [07760] the breastplate [02833] upon him: also he put [05414] in the breastplate [02833] the Urim [0224] and the Thummim [08550].
⁹ And he put [07760] the mitre [04701] upon his head [07218]; also upon the mitre [04701], even upon his forefront [06440] [04136], did he put [07760] the golden [02091] plate [06731], the holy [06944] crown [05145]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

⁶ And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and washed [07364] them with water [04325].

⁶ And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121], and washed [07364] them with water [04325].
⁷ And he put [05414] upon him the coat [03801], and girded [02296] him with the girdle [073], and clothed [03847] him with the robe [04598], and put [05414] the ephod [0646] upon him, and he girded [02296] him with the curious girdle [02805] of the ephod [0646], and bound [0640] it unto him therewith.
⁸ And he put [07760] the breastplate [02833] upon him: also he put [05414] in the breastplate [02833] the Urim [0224] and the Thummim [08550].
⁹ And he put [07760] the mitre [04701] upon his head [07218]; also upon the mitre [04701], even upon his forefront [06440] [04136], did he put [07760] the golden [02091] plate [06731], the holy [06944] crown [05145]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].
¹⁰ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and anointed [04886] the tabernacle [04908] and all that was therein, and sanctified [06942] them.
¹¹ And he sprinkled [05137] thereof upon the altar [04196] seven [07651] times [06471], and anointed [04886] the altar [04196] and all his vessels [03627], both the laver [03595] and his foot [03653], to sanctify [06942] them.
¹² And he poured [03332] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] upon Aaron's [0175] head [07218], and anointed [04886] him, to sanctify [06942] him.
¹³ And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], and put [03847] coats [03801] upon them, and girded [02296] them with girdles [073], and put [02280] bonnets [04021] upon them; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].