Aaron’s Garments Exodus 28 and 39
GOD chose Aaron with his four sons to offer the sacrifices and for the worship in the Tabernacle, and told how to make their garments.
All had white linen clothes, but a special garment was made for Aaron, called an ephod. It had a blue robe, and over the upper part was an embroidered linen, worked in blue, purple, and scarlet and gold. There was a girdle of the same, and a piece for each shoulder with an onyx stone set in gold on which were graven the names of the families of Israel—six on each stone. Then a double square of the worked linen hung from each shoulder piece by a gold chain, and fastened also to the cloth of the ephod. There were twelve precious stones set on this, on each was graven a name of a son of Jacob (or, Israel). Aaron was to represent them. Could you give the twelve names on the stone?
On the hem of the blue robe were fastened gold bells, which sounded when Aaron moved. We are not told how many bells, but between each there was made a shape of a fruit, the pomegranate.
Aaron’s bonnet, called a mitre, had a front piece of gold, on which were graven words meaning,
“Holiness to the Lord.”
Aaron and his sons had many duties with the sacrifices, lamps and offerings, and were called priests.
But the beautiful garments of Aaron show us of the purity and glory of Christ, and He has the names of all His people, as Aaron had the names of all Israel.
ML 07/11/1937