Good Morning. And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water. (Exodus 29:4) On the day the priests were consecrated, and on every day they entered the sanctuary, the priests had to be ceremonially...

Good Morning. You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. (Exodus 28:36) There is a tradition that says when the High Priest was to enter the Sanctuary, he would place his hand upon the golden plate...

Good Morning. You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. (Exodus 28:36) The plate referred to here was a head plate that was attached to the mitre -- or crown --  worn by the High Priest. As it...

Good Morning. And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around. ... And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place...

Good Morning. And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord...

Good Morning. And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord...

Good Morning. It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones. (Exodus 28:16-17) As we discussed yesterday, God considers His people to be His own "special...

Good Morning. It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones. (Exodus 28:16-17) Upon the breastplate, which was foursquare, were twelve stones representing...

Good Morning. You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. (Exodus 28:15) The breastplate was surely...

Good Morning. And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial. (Exodus 28:12) As we have shared previously, these shoham...

Good Morning. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel.  (Exodus 28:11) The two shoham stones, worn on the shoulders of the High Priest, were both engraved with the...

Good Morning. Then you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel. (Exodus 28:9) Though most translations identify these two stones as being onyx stones, the reality is that the Hebrew word shoham is of unknown origin. In fact, many...