Exodus 28:42 KJV
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
Words Then and Now
- loins the hips and lower back Still heard today: gird your loins, get ready for what’s ahead Webster’s 1828 · Loin
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- The garments for Aaron's sonsThe priest's garments typify the righteousness of Christ. If we appear not before God in that, we shall bear our iniquity, and die. Blessed is he, therefore,...
Thompson Chains
- Priests' GarmentsSee the chain from Exodus 28:2 · 8 links
Cross References
- Leviticus 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Leviticus 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
- Ezekiel 44:18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
- Exodus 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
- Exodus 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
- Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And thou shalt make וַעֲשֵׂה waʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
- them linen בָד bād בַּד Noun · masculine singular
- breeches לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural מִכְנְסֵי miknĕsê מִכְנָס Noun · masculine plural construct
- to cover לְכַסּוֹת lĕkassôt כָּסָה Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition
- their nakedness בְּשַׂר bĕśar בָּשָׂר Noun · masculine singular construct עֶרְוָה ʿerwâ עֶרְוָה Noun · feminine singular
- from the loins מִמָּתְנַיִם mimmotnayim מֹתֶן Noun · masculine dual · with preposition
- even unto the thighs וְעַד wĕʿad Preposition · with and יְרֵכַיִם yĕrēkayim יָרֵךְ Noun · feminine dual יִהְיוּ yihyû Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
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