Exo 28:36, Lev 21:6-8, 10-12, Num 16:7 | TSK | STEP | a plate of pure gold.The word {tzitz,} which we translate a plate, properly signifies a flower. It is rendered by the LXX. [petalon,] a leaf, and is called {nezer,} a crown in ch. 29:6 and [diadema,] a diadem, by the author of the book of Wisdom, ch. 28:24. Josephus says that it was adorned with three rows of the flower which the Greeks call [kyanos.] It was two fingers broad, of a circular form, suited to the shape of the head, and so long that it reached from ear to ear, and was fastened upon a blue lace or ribband, which was tied behind the head; and as the plate reached only half round the head, the remaining part of the ribband was highly ornamented with artificial flowers. grave upon it. HOLINESS.

‏ Exodus 28:36

a plate of pure gold.The word {tzitz,} which we translate a plate, properly signifies a flower. It is rendered by the LXX. [petalon,] a leaf, and is called {nezer,} a crown in ch. 29:6 and [diadema,] a diadem, by the author of the book of Wisdom, ch. 28:24. Josephus says that it was adorned with three rows of the flower which the Greeks call [kyanos.] It was two fingers broad, of a circular form, suited to the shape of the head, and so long that it reached from ear to ear, and was fastened upon a blue lace or ribband, which was tied behind the head; and as the plate reached only half round the head, the remaining part of the ribband was highly ornamented with artificial flowers.

grave upon it.

9,11

HOLINESS.

39:30; Le 8:9; 10:3; 19:2; Ps 93:5; Eze 43:12; Zec 14:20; Heb 7:26

Heb 12:14; 1Pe 1:15,16; 2:9; Re 21:27

‏ Leviticus 21:6-8

holy.

8; 10:3; Ex 28:36; 29:44; Ezr 8:28; 1Pe 2:9

profane.

18:21; 19:12; Mal 1:6,11,12

bread.

3:11; Eze 44:7; Mal 1:7

therefore.

Isa 52:11

that is a whore.

8; Eze 44:22; 1Ti 3:11

put away.

De 24:1-4; Isa 50:1

sanctify.

6; Ex 19:10,14; 28:41; 29:1,43,44

for I.

11:44,45; 19:2; 20:7,8; Joh 10:36; 17:19; Heb 7:26; 10:29

‏ Leviticus 21:10-12

upon.

8:12; 10:7; 16:32; Ex 29:29,30; Nu 35:25; Ps 133:2

consecrated.

8:7-9; Ex 28:2-4

uncover.

10:6,7; 13:45; 2Sa 15:30; Es 6:12

not rend.

Ge 37:34; Job 1:20; Mt 26:65All human corpses were considered as unclean. Whoever touched one was unclean for seven days, and was obliged on the third and seventh day to purify himself according to the Mosaic instructions. In the case of the priest it went still farther; insomuch, that even mourning for the dead by any external sign, such as tearing their clothes, defiled them. Hence such mournings were absolutely forbidden to be used in any case, and by the other priests also, except in the case of their very nearest relations, for whom they were allowed to mourn. This statue is founded on the importance of sustaining the decency and purity of Divine worship. The servants of the Deity were to keep themselves at a distance from every thing that in the least degree savoured of uncleanness.

his father.

1,2; Nu 6:7; 19:14; De 33:9; Mt 8:21,22; 12:46-50; Lu 9:59,60

Lu 14:26; 2Co 5:16

go out.

10:7

for the crown.

8:9-12,30; Ex 28:36; 29:6,7; Isa 61:1; Ac 10:38

‏ Numbers 16:7

that the man.

3,5; Eph 1:4; 2Th 2:13; 1Pe 2:9

too much.

3; 1Ki 18:17,18; Mt 21:23-27