The Scofield Bible Commentary: Exodus: Exodus Chapter 28
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Aaron
Type of Christ, our High Priest. Christ is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, but He executes his priestly office after the pattern of Aaron. Hebrew, 7. gives the order; Hebrew, 9, the pattern.
(See Scofield) - (Gen 14:18).
holy garments
Hebrew, "Qodesh", means "set apart" for God. Translated, "holy," (Exo 28:2); "consecrate," (Exo 28:3). Often translated, "sanctify." See summary,
(See Scofield) - (Zac 8:3).
This is always the fundamental idea of a holy, consecrated, separated, or sanctified person or thing -- something set apart for God. Infinite confusion would have been spared the reader if "qodesh" had been uniformly translated, "set apart."
consecrate
garments
(See Scofield) - (Exo 29:5).
take gold
"Gold", signifies "Deity" in manifestation; "blue", signifies "heavenly"; "purple", signifies "royalty"; "scarlet", signifies "sacrifice"; "fine linen", signifies "personal righteousness", see margin reference, (Exo 26:1).
(See Scofield) - (Exo 26:1).
ephod
shoulders
The place of strenghth. (Isa 9:6); (Luk 15:4); (Luk 15:5).
gold
heart
The place of affection.
Compare (Exo 28:12).
Urim and Thummim
Urim and Thummim, meaning "lights and perfections." Some make these to be simply a collective name for the stones of the breastplate, so that the total effect of the twelve stones is to manifest the "lights and perfections" of Him who is the antitype of the Aaronic high priest. Per contra, (Lev 8:8). This would seem to be conclusive that "the Urim and Thummim" are additional to the stones of the breastplate. In use the Urim and Thummim were connected, in some way not clearly expressed, with the ascertainment of the divine will in particular cases; (Num 27:21); (Deu 33:8); (Sa1 28:6); (Ezr 2:63).
robe
bear
That is, be responsible for every neglect or offence respecting "the holy things," etc.