Exodus 28:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 28:2

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Exodus 28:2
Excerpted from: Of Snowflakes and Suns and Glory

The verb glorify means to give glory to someone or to something. It is to bestow honor and praise or renown on someone. In Hebrew there are two nouns, which the translators typically render as glory in our translations. Interestingly, both of those nouns appear in Exodus 28:2. God is speaking to Moses and states “Make holy garments for your brother Aaron for glory and for beauty.” The two nouns are glory and beauty. The first noun translated as glory is Strong’s 3519. Its root means “heavy” and it is sometimes translated as rich or wealthy. A rich person is heavy with gold. I think Vines mentions that. As an example, though we will not turn there, you can check Genesis 31:1 in the Amplified Version and here the Hebrew word, which the King James Version translates as glory, is rendered as wealth or honor. In some other versions it is rendered as riches. Strong’s 3519 means splendor and honor.

Glory is an asset. It enriches its recipients, those who receive it. It increases a person’s well-being, wealth, and value. This aspect of value is an important point that we will come back to later. The second Hebrew noun commonly translated glory in God’s Word is what we saw in Exodus 28:2 as the word beauty. In fact, this is its first occurrence and it is Strong’s 8597, which means beauty, ornament, honor, and majesty.

Exodus 28:1-2
Excerpted from: The Priesthood of God (Part 6)

So this clothing was in no way a minor consideration to God. Thus, some of the beauty of holiness that Psalm 29 is referring to is what was apprehended, what was understood, and what was viewed by the people who were watching the service.

Exodus 28:1-4
Excerpted from: The Priesthood of God (Part 6)

You get the inference from that last line: "that he may minister to Me." It is saying that if he did not have the clothing on, he could not minister before Him.

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