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Exodus Chapter 28

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In this chapter the Israelites are instructed to appoint priests and Levites for service in the Tabernacle. The priests are given detailed vestments and duties to maintain the sacred space, while the Levites receive their own responsibilities. The passage emphasizes the importance of order, holiness, and proper preparation for worship.

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(1) And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
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Leviticus 8:2Numbers 16:9Numbers 16:10Numbers 16:11Numbers 17:2Numbers 17:3Numbers 17:4Numbers 17:5Numbers 17:6Numbers 17:7Numbers 17:8Numbers 17:9

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Numbers 3:4I Chronicles 24:2Exodus 28:3Numbers 18:7Exodus 6:23Numbers 3:2

(2) And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
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Exodus 29:5Exodus 29:6Exodus 29:7Exodus 29:8Exodus 29:9Exodus 29:29Exodus 29:30Exodus 31:10Exodus 39:1Exodus 39:2Exodus 40:13Leviticus 8:7

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Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30Ezekiel 44:19

(3) And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
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Exodus 31:3Exodus 31:4Exodus 31:5Exodus 31:6Exodus 35:30Exodus 35:35Exodus 36:1Exodus 36:2Proverbs 2:6Isaiah 28:24Isaiah 28:25Isaiah 28:26

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Exodus 28:4Exodus 31:10Exodus 35:19Exodus 39:41Leviticus 16:32Exodus 29:21

(4) And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
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Exodus 28:15Exodus 39:8Exodus 39:9Exodus 39:10Exodus 39:11Exodus 39:12Exodus 39:13Exodus 39:14Exodus 39:15Exodus 39:16Exodus 39:17Exodus 39:18

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Exodus 29:5Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30Exodus 31:10Exodus 35:19Exodus 39:41

(5) And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
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Exodus 25:3Exodus 25:4Exodus 39:2Exodus 39:3

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Exodus 39:28Exodus 25:4Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:31Exodus 26:36Exodus 27:16

(6) And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
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Exodus 26:1

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Exodus 28:15Exodus 39:8Exodus 39:28Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:31Exodus 28:8

(7) It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
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Exodus 39:4

(8) And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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Exodus 28:27Exodus 28:28Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:20Exodus 39:21Leviticus 8:7Isaiah 11:5I Peter 1:13Revelation 1:13

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Exodus 39:5Exodus 39:28Exodus 28:6Exodus 28:15Exodus 39:2Exodus 39:8

(9) And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
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Exodus 28:20Exodus 39:13Genesis 2:12Job 28:16Ezekiel 28:13Exodus 28:36Exodus 39:6II Chronicles 2:7Song of Solomon 8:6Isaiah 49:16

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10Exodus 25:7Exodus 35:9Exodus 35:27Exodus 39:6

(10) Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
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Exodus 1:1Exodus 1:2Exodus 1:3Exodus 1:4Genesis 43:33

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Isaiah 28:16Genesis 29:3Exodus 20:25Exodus 28:11Exodus 34:4I Samuel 6:18

(11) With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
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Exodus 28:21Exodus 28:36Jeremiah 22:24Zechariah 3:9Ephesians 1:13Ephesians 4:30II Timothy 2:19Revelation 7:2Exodus 28:13Exodus 28:14Exodus 28:25Exodus 39:6

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Exodus 28:21Exodus 39:14I Chronicles 29:2Exodus 28:10I Kings 7:10Isaiah 28:16

(12) And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
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Exodus 28:7Psalms 89:19Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 12:2Zechariah 6:13Zechariah 6:14Hebrews 7:25Hebrews 7:26Hebrews 7:27Hebrews 7:28Exodus 28:29Exodus 39:6

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I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10Exodus 39:7I Kings 5:17Exodus 25:7Exodus 35:9

(13) And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
(14) And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
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Exodus 28:24Exodus 39:15Exodus 28:22Exodus 28:23Exodus 28:25Exodus 39:17Exodus 39:18I Kings 7:17II Kings 25:17II Chronicles 4:12II Chronicles 4:13

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Exodus 28:25Exodus 28:22Exodus 39:15Exodus 39:18Exodus 28:24Exodus 39:17

(15) And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
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Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:30Exodus 39:8Leviticus 8:8Exodus 28:6Exodus 26:1

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Exodus 39:8Exodus 28:6Exodus 39:28Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:31Exodus 28:8

(16) Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
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Exodus 39:9Revelation 21:16Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:13Ezekiel 43:13Exodus 30:2

(17) And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
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Exodus 28:9Exodus 28:11Exodus 39:10Exodus 39:11Exodus 39:12Exodus 39:13Exodus 39:14Exodus 39:15Exodus 39:16Exodus 39:17Exodus 39:18Exodus 39:19

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Exodus 39:10I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 7:10I Kings 5:17I Kings 7:12Ezra 6:4

(18) And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
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Exodus 39:11Ezekiel 27:16Exodus 24:10Job 28:6Job 28:16Song of Solomon 5:14Ezekiel 1:26Ezekiel 10:1Revelation 4:3Jeremiah 17:1Ezekiel 28:13

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Exodus 39:11Revelation 21:19Ezekiel 28:13

(19) And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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Exodus 39:12Isaiah 54:12

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Exodus 39:12Revelation 8:12II Samuel 18:2Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12

(20) And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
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Ezekiel 1:16Ezekiel 10:9Daniel 10:6Revelation 21:20Revelation 4:3Revelation 21:11Revelation 21:18Revelation 21:19

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Exodus 39:13Ezekiel 28:13

(21) And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
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I Kings 18:31Luke 22:30James 1:1Revelation 7:4Revelation 7:5Revelation 7:6Revelation 7:7Revelation 7:8Revelation 21:12

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Exodus 39:14Revelation 21:12Numbers 7:87Revelation 21:14Numbers 7:84Revelation 7:5

(22) And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
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Exodus 28:14Exodus 39:15Exodus 28:24Exodus 39:17Exodus 28:23Titus 1:15

(23) And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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Exodus 25:11Exodus 25:12Exodus 25:13Exodus 25:14Exodus 25:15

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Exodus 28:28Exodus 39:21Exodus 39:16Exodus 25:12Exodus 37:3Exodus 28:24

(24) And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
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Exodus 28:23Exodus 39:17Exodus 28:14Exodus 28:22Exodus 28:28Exodus 39:15

(25) And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
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Exodus 28:14Exodus 39:15Exodus 39:4

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Exodus 28:14Exodus 39:18Exodus 28:28Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:21Exodus 28:22

(26) And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
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Exodus 28:28Exodus 39:21Exodus 39:19Exodus 28:23Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:16

(27) 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 girdle of the ephod.
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Exodus 39:20Exodus 28:28Exodus 39:21Exodus 29:5Leviticus 8:7I Kings 7:25

(28) 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, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
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Exodus 28:31Exodus 28:37Exodus 39:30Exodus 39:31Numbers 15:38

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Exodus 39:21Exodus 29:5Exodus 28:27Exodus 39:20Leviticus 8:7Exodus 28:23

(29) 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 continually.
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Exodus 28:15Exodus 28:30Exodus 28:12Jeremiah 30:21Romans 10:1Song of Solomon 8:6Isaiah 49:15Isaiah 49:16

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Exodus 28:30Exodus 28:12II Samuel 18:20

(30) 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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Leviticus 8:8Numbers 27:21Deuteronomy 33:8Judges 1:1Judges 20:18Judges 20:23Judges 20:27Judges 20:28I Samuel 23:9I Samuel 23:10I Samuel 23:11I Samuel 23:12

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Exodus 28:29Deuteronomy 1:17I Kings 3:28Job 36:17Psalms 99:4Isaiah 28:6

(31) And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
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Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:28Exodus 39:22Leviticus 8:7

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Exodus 28:28Exodus 39:21Exodus 29:5Exodus 39:22Leviticus 8:7

(32) And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
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Exodus 39:28II Chronicles 26:14Nehemiah 4:16Job 41:26John 19:23John 19:24Ephesians 4:3Ephesians 4:4Ephesians 4:5Ephesians 4:6Ephesians 4:7Ephesians 4:8

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Exodus 39:23Exodus 30:3Exodus 37:26I Kings 7:35Matthew 27:51I Kings 6:5

(33) And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
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Exodus 39:24Exodus 39:25Exodus 39:26I Kings 7:18II Kings 25:17Zechariah 14:20

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Exodus 39:25I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23Exodus 25:25Exodus 28:34Exodus 30:3

(34) A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
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Psalms 89:15Song of Solomon 2:3Song of Solomon 4:3Song of Solomon 4:13Song of Solomon 6:7Song of Solomon 6:11Song of Solomon 8:2John 15:4John 15:5John 15:6John 15:7John 15:8

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Exodus 39:26Hebrews 9:4Exodus 25:25Exodus 28:33I Samuel 6:4Zechariah 4:12

(35) 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.
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Leviticus 16:2Hebrews 9:12

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II Kings 11:8II Chronicles 23:7John 3:8II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(36) And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
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Exodus 28:9Exodus 28:11Exodus 39:30Leviticus 8:9Leviticus 10:3Leviticus 19:2Psalms 93:5Ezekiel 43:12Zechariah 14:20Hebrews 7:26Hebrews 12:14I Peter 1:15

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Exodus 39:30Titus 1:15

(37) And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
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Exodus 28:28Exodus 28:31Numbers 15:38Exodus 28:4Exodus 29:6Exodus 39:30Exodus 39:31Leviticus 8:9Zechariah 3:5

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Leviticus 8:9Exodus 39:31Exodus 29:6Zechariah 3:5

(38) And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
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Exodus 28:43Leviticus 10:17Leviticus 22:9Numbers 18:1Isaiah 53:6Isaiah 53:11Isaiah 53:12Ezekiel 4:4Ezekiel 4:5Ezekiel 4:6John 1:29II Corinthians 5:21

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Numbers 18:1Ezekiel 18:20Leviticus 13:42I Samuel 17:49Leviticus 7:18Numbers 5:31

(39) 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 needlework.
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Psalms 45:14

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Exodus 39:28Leviticus 16:4Revelation 19:8Exodus 39:29I Chronicles 15:27Ezekiel 16:13

(40) And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
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Exodus 28:4Exodus 39:27Exodus 39:29Exodus 39:41Leviticus 8:13Ezekiel 44:17Ezekiel 44:18Exodus 29:9Exodus 28:2I Timothy 2:9I Timothy 2:10I Timothy 6:9

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Leviticus 8:13

(41) 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 minister unto me in the priest's office.
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Exodus 29:7Exodus 30:23Exodus 30:24Exodus 30:25Exodus 30:26Exodus 30:27Exodus 30:28Exodus 30:29Exodus 30:30Exodus 40:15Leviticus 10:7Isaiah 10:27

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Exodus 29:44Exodus 30:30Exodus 40:13Exodus 40:15Leviticus 16:32Exodus 28:3

(42) And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
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Exodus 20:26Exodus 39:28Leviticus 6:10Leviticus 16:4Ezekiel 44:18Revelation 3:18

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Exodus 39:28Leviticus 16:4Ezekiel 44:18Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 20:17

(43) 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: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
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Exodus 20:26Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 5:17Leviticus 20:19Leviticus 20:20Leviticus 22:9Numbers 9:13Numbers 18:22Matthew 22:12Matthew 22:13Exodus 27:21Leviticus 17:7

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Ezekiel 18:20Numbers 1:50Exodus 30:20Numbers 4:25Numbers 18:1Numbers 18:23

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