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Leviticus 8

Lev. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
the breastplate
choshen (Hebrew #2833)
perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
KJV usage: breastplate.
Pronounce: kho'-shen
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle
upon him: also heb put
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
in the breastplate
choshen (Hebrew #2833)
perhaps a pocket (as holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
KJV usage: breastplate.
Pronounce: kho'-shen
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle
the Urim
'Uwriym (Hebrew #224)
lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate
KJV usage: Urim.
Pronounce: oo-reem'
Origin: plur of 217
and the Thummim
Tummiym (Hebrew #8550)
perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth
KJV usage: Thummim.
Pronounce: toom-meem'
Origin: plural of 8537
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Ex. 28:15‑30• 15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it.
 16Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
 17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones--four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald--the first row;
 18and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;
 19and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;
 20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper; enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings.
 21And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.
 22And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen work, of pure gold.
 23And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
 24And thou shalt put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
 25and the two ends of the two wreathen cords thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.
 26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.
 27And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.
 28And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
 29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.
 30And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. (Ex. 28:15‑30)
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Ex. 39:8‑21• 8And he made the breastplate of artistic work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus.
 9It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.
 10And they set in it four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald--the first row;
 11and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;
 12and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;
 13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper; mounted in enclosures of gold in their settings.
 14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
 15And they made on the breastplate chains of laced work of wreathen work, of pure gold.
 16And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
 17And they put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
 18and the two ends of the two wreathen cords they fastened to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.
 19And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.
 20And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof, just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.
 21And they bound the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with lace of blue, that it might be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 39:8‑21)
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Ezra 2:63• 63And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. (Ezra 2:63)

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Breastplate,
High Priest's Breastplate,
Thummim,
Urim and Thummim

Cross References

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the breast plate.
Ex. 28:15‑29• 15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it.
 16Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
 17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones--four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald--the first row;
 18and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;
 19and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;
 20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper; enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings.
 21And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.
 22And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen work, of pure gold.
 23And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
 24And thou shalt put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
 25and the two ends of the two wreathen cords thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.
 26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.
 27And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.
 28And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
 29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually. (Ex. 28:15‑29)
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Ex. 39:8‑21• 8And he made the breastplate of artistic work, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus.
 9It was square; double did they make the breastplate, a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, doubled.
 10And they set in it four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald--the first row;
 11and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;
 12and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;
 13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper; mounted in enclosures of gold in their settings.
 14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
 15And they made on the breastplate chains of laced work of wreathen work, of pure gold.
 16And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
 17And they put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;
 18and the two ends of the two wreathen cords they fastened to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.
 19And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.
 20And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof, just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.
 21And they bound the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with lace of blue, that it might be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 39:8‑21)
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Song of Sol. 8:6• 6Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah. (Song of Sol. 8:6)
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Isa. 59:17• 17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. (Isa. 59:17)
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Eph. 6:14• 14Stand therefore, having girt about your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (Eph. 6:14)
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1 Thess. 5:8• 8but *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation; (1 Thess. 5:8)
the Urim.
Ex. 28:30• 30And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. (Ex. 28:30)
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Ezra 2:63• 63And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. (Ezra 2:63)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he put the breastplate on it, and put on the breastplate the Urimc and the Thummimd;

JND Translation Notes

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c
Light, or Lights.
d
Perfection, or Perfections. see refs., Neh. 7.65.