King James Version
Exodus 28:2 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.”
Exodus 28:2 · KJV
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“thy brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“for glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“and for beauty”
H8597ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
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