Exodus 28:36 (KJV)

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And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and grave upon it like the engravings of a signet HOLINESS TO THE LORD
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grave upon it. Ex 28:9 Ex 28:11

HOLINESS. Ex 39:30 Le 8:9 Le 10:3 Le 19:2 Ps 93:5 Eze 43:12 Zec 14:20 Heb 7:26 Heb 12:14 1Pe 1:15 1Pe 1:16 1Pe 2:9 Re 21:27

a plate of pure gold.The word {tzitz,} which we translate a plate, properly signifies a flower. It is rendered by the LXX. [petalon,] a leaf, and is called {nezer,} a crown in ch. 29:6 and [diadema,] a diadem, by the author of the book of Wisdom, ch. 28:24. Josephus says that it was adorned with three rows of the flower which the Greeks call [kyanos.] It was two fingers broad, of a circular form, suited to the shape of the head, and so long that it reached from ear to ear, and was fastened upon a blue lace or ribband, which was tied behind the head; and as the plate reached only half round the head, the remaining part of the ribband was highly ornamented with artificial flowers.

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