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[The one living God chose men to serve Him in the office of priest and did not add priestess to that office. Also the office of priest is a perpetual regulation given by the one living God. Which means that it is everlasting and can not be changed.] Exo 28:1-4 You are to summon your brother Aaron and his sons to come from among the people of Israel to you, so that they can serve me as priests — Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. You are to make for your brother Aaron garments set apart for serving God, expressing dignity and splendor. Speak to all the craftsmen to whom I have given the spirit of wisdom, and have them make Aarons garments to set him apart for me, so that he can serve me in the office of priest. The garments they are to make are these: a breastplate, a ritual vest, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that he can serve me in the office of priest. Exo 28:40-43 Likewise for Aarons sons make tunics, sashes and headgear expressing dignity and splendor. With them clothe your brother Aaron and his sons. Then anoint them, inaugurate them, and consecrate them, so that they will be able to serve me in the office of priest. Also make for them linen shorts reaching from waist to thigh, to cover their bare flesh. Aaron and his sons are to wear them when they go into the tent of meeting and when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they wont incur guilt and die. This is to be a perpetual regulation, both for him and for his descendants. -------------- Exo 28:1-43 You are to summon your brother Aaron and his sons to come from among the people of Israel to you, so that they can serve me as priest — Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. You are to make for your brother Aaron garments set apart for serving God, expressing dignity and splendor. Speak to all the craftsmen to whom I have given the spirit of wisdom, and have them make Aarons garments to set him apart for me, so that he can serve me in the office of priest. The garments they are to make are these: a breastplate, a ritual vest, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that he can serve me in the office of priest. They are to use gold; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; and fine linen. They are to make the ritual vest of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely woven linen, crafted by a skilled artisan. Attached to its front and back edges are to be two shoulder-pieces that can be fastened together. Its decorated belt is to be of the same workmanship and materials — gold; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; and finely woven linen. Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel six of their names on one stone and the six remaining names on the other, in the order of their birth. An engraver should engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones as he would engrave a seal. Mount the stones in gold settings, and put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the vest as stones calling to mind the sons of Israel. Aaron is to carry their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a reminder. Make gold squares and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; attach the cord-like chains to the squares. Make a breastplate for judging. Have it crafted by a skilled artisan; make it like the work of the ritual vest — make it of gold; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; and finely woven linen. When folded double it is to be square — a hand-span by a hand-span. Put on it settings of stones, four rows of stones: the first row is to be a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald; the second row a green feldspar, a sapphire and a diamond; the third row an orange zircon, an agate and an amethyst; and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They are to be mounted in their gold settings. The stones will correspond to the names of the twelve sons of Israel; they are to be engraved with their names as a seal would be engraved, to represent the twelve tribes. On the breastplate, make two pure gold chains twisted like cords. Also for the breastplate, make two gold rings; and put the gold rings on the two ends of the breastplate. Put the two twisted gold chains in the two rings at the two ends of the breastplate; attach the other two ends of the twisted chains to the front of the shoulder-pieces of the ritual vest. Make two gold rings and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, at its edge, on the side facing in toward the vest. Also make two gold rings and attach them low on the front part of the vests shoulder-pieces, near the join, above the vests decorated belt. Then bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the vest with a blue cord, so that it can be on the vests decorated belt, and so that the breastplate wont swing loose from the vest. Aaron will carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate for judging, over his heart, when he enters the Holy Place, as a continual reminder before the Lord. You are to put the urim and the tumim in the breastplate for judging; they will be over Aarons heart when he goes into the presence of the Lord. Thus Aaron will always have the means for making decisions for the people of Israel over his heart when he is in the presence of the Lord. You are to make the robe for the ritual vest entirely of blue. It is to have an opening for the head in the middle. Around the opening is to be a border woven like the neck of a coat of mail, so that it wont tear. On its bottom hem make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet; and put them all the way around, with gold bells between them all the way around —gold bell, pomegranate, gold bell, pomegranate, all the way around the hem of the robe. Aaron is to wear it when he ministers, and its sound will be heard whenever he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he wont die. You are to make an ornament of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal, Set apart for the Lord. Fasten it to the turban with a blue cord, on the front of the turban, over Aarons forehead. Because Aaron bears the guilt for any errors committed by the people of Israel in consecrating their holy gifts, this ornament is always to be on his forehead, so that the gifts for the Lord will be accepted by him. You are to weave the checkered tunic of fine linen, make a turban of fine linen, and make a belt, the work of a weaver in colors. Likewise for Aarons sons make tunics, sashes and headgear expressing dignity and splendor. With them clothe your brother Aaron and his sons. Then anoint them, inaugurate them, and consecrate them, so that they will be able to serve me in the office of priest. Also make for them linen shorts reaching from waist to thigh, to cover their bare flesh. Aaron and his sons are to wear them when they go into the tent of meeting and when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they wont incur guilt and die. This is to be a perpetual regulation, both for him and for his descendants.
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