Explore the Bible Online

Exodus 28:40-43

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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. 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. 42. And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 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.

Exodus 28:40-43 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 28:40

Theological / Devotional

For Aaron’s sons. Verses 40-43 describe the apparel of the common priest. The “girdles,” or sashes, were probably of the same material and workmanship as those of the high priest. The “bonnets” were linen turbans.

For glory, it is significant that the simple attire of the common priest, a robe of white linen, was to be “for glory and for beauty,” as well as that of the high priest (see verse 2). White is used in the Scriptures as the symbol of purity (Revelation 4:4 ; 7:9, 14; 19:8).

By SdaBc