Exo 28:36-38, 29:6, 39:30, Lev 8:9, Psa 21:3, Song 3:11, Zec 3:5, Heb 2:9 | 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 28:36-38

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

blue.

28,31; Nu 15:38

the mitre it.

4; 29:6; 39:30,31; Le 8:9; Zec 3:5

bear the iniquity.

43; Le 10:17; 22:9; Nu 18:1; Isa 53:6,11,12; Eze 4:4-6; Joh 1:29

2Co 5:21; Heb 9:28; 1Pe 2:24; 3:18

accepted.

Le 1:4; 22:27; 23:11; Isa 56:7; 60:7; Eph 1:6; 1Pe 2:5

Exodus 29:6

mitre.{Mitznepheth,} from {tzanaph,} to wrap round, evidently means that covering of the head so universal in eastern countries, which we call turband, which consists of a cap, and a sash of fine linen or silk wound round its bottom.

28:36-39; Le 8:9