Breastplate
7 lines · 13 passages
Breastplate in the Bible Dictionary
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1. For high priest
Ex 25:7
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
Exodus 25:7 -
Directions for the making of
Ex 28:15–30
15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. 20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. 21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. …
Exodus 28:15 … -
Made by Bezaleel
Ex 39:8, 21
8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus 39:821 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:21 -
Freewill offering of materials for
Ex 35:9, 27
9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Exodus 35:927 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
Exodus 35:27 -
Worn by Aaron
Ex 29:5; Lev 8:8
5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
Exodus 29:58 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
Leviticus 8:8 -
2. Armor for soldiers
Rev 9:9, 17
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation 9:917 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Revelation 9:17 -
Figurative
Isa 59:17; Eph 6:14; 1 Thess 5:8
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isaiah 59:1714 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Ephesians 6:148 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
