Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.
- KJV And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
- NKJV And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
- NASB You shall fasten it on a violet cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.
- NLT Attach the medallion with a blue cord to the front of Aaron’s turban, where it must remain.
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Quick answer
The gold plate was fastened by a blue cord to the front of the turban. Its prominent position kept holiness on display.
Overview
Tied at the forehead, the inscription 'HOLY TO YAHWEH' faced everyone the priest met and faced God as he ministered. Its placement made consecration the foremost mark of the office. So Christ, our holy High Priest, ever bears his consecration before the Father on our behalf.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 29:6Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.
- Exod 28:4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
- Exod 28:31You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
- Exod 39:30–31They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
- Exod 28:28The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.
- Num 15:38“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- Lev 8:9Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Zech 3:5Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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