and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty;Exodus 28:2 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleFor glory and for beauty - Four articles of dress were prescribed for the priests in ordinary, and four more for the high-priest. Those for the priests in general were a coat, drawers, a girdle, and a bonnet. Besides these the high-priest had a robe, an ephod, a breastplate, and a plate or diadem of gold on his forehead. The garments, says the sacred historian, were for honor and for beauty. They were emblematical of the office in which they ministered.
1. It was honorable. They were the ministers of the Most High, and employed by him in transacting the most important concerns between God and his people, concerns in which all the attributes of the Divine Being were interested, as well as those which referred to the present and eternal happiness of his creatures.
2. They were for beauty. They were emblematical of that holiness and purity which ever characterize the Divine nature and the worship which is worthy of him, and which are essentially necessary to all those who wish to serve him in the beauty of holiness here below, and without which none can ever see his face in the realms of glory. Should not the garments of all those who minister in holy things still be emblematical of the things in which they minister? Should they not be for glory and beauty, expressive of the dignity of the Gospel ministry, and that beauty of holiness without which none can see the Lord? As the high-priest's vestments, under the law, were emblematical of what was to come, should not the vestments of the ministers of the Gospel bear some resemblance of what is come? Is then the dismal black, now worn by almost all kinds of priests and ministers, for glory and for beauty? Is it emblematical of any thing that is good, glorious, or excellent? How unbecoming the glad tidings announced by Christian ministers is a color emblematical of nothing but mourning and wo, sin, desolation, and death! How inconsistent the habit and office of these men! Should it be said, "These are only shadows, and are useless because the substance is come." I ask, Why then is black almost universally worn? why is a particular color preferred, if there be no signification in any? Is there not a danger that in our zeal against shadows, we shall destroy or essentially change the substance itself? Would not the same sort of argumentation exclude water in baptism, and bread and wine in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper? The white surplice in the service of the Church is almost the only thing that remains of those ancient and becoming vestments, which God commanded to be made for glory and beauty. Clothing, emblematical of office, is of more consequence than is generally imagined. Were the great officers of the crown, and the great officers of justice, to clothe themselves like the common people when they appear in their public capacity, both their persons and their decisions would be soon held in little estimation.
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holy garments
Exodus 29:5-9,29,30 And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate...
Exodus 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons...
Exodus 39:1,2 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place...
Exodus 40:13 And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
Leviticus 8:7-9,30 And he put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him...
Numbers 20:26-28 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there...
Psalm 132:9,16 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints shout for joy...
Isaiah 61:3,10 To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning...
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities...
Zechariah 3:3,4 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel...
Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to all and on all them that believe: for there is no difference:
Romans 13:14 But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
glory
Exodus 28:40 And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats, and you shall make for them girdles, and bonnets shall you make for them...
Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people...
Numbers 27:20,21 And you shall put some of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient...
Job 40:10 Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty.
Psalm 90:16,17 Let your work appear to your servants, and your glory to their children...
Psalm 96:6 Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalm 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious...
Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might...
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled...
1 Corinthians 1:30,31 But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption...
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