THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
By establishing the premise first and then incorporating the word of judgment, it indicates that righteous deeds serve as the bedrock for reflection.
Exodus 29:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vestments, that is, with the linen garment and the tunic, and the ephod and the rational, which thou shalt gird with the girdle.
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַבְּגָדִ֗ים וְהִלְבַּשְׁתָּ֤ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶת־הַכֻּתֹּ֔נֶת וְאֵת֙ מְעִ֣יל הָאֵפֹ֔ד וְאֶת־הָאֵפֹ֖ד וְאֶת־הַחֹ֑שֶׁן וְאָפַדְתָּ֣ ל֔וֹ בְּחֵ֖שֶׁב הָאֵפֹֽד׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
2 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Wlastow G.K.
Regarding the garments, refer to the earlier section; in V⁴⁰;3, a more detailed account of Aaron's garments can be found in Leviticus 8, which also notes: ‘He laid the breastplate.... and upon the breastplate he put the Urim and Thummim’ (see v. 26 of the previous chapter).
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 8:7He vested the high priest with the strait linen garment, girding him with the girdle, and putting on him the violet tunick: and over it he put the ephod.
- Lev 8:8And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to the rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth.
- Ex 28:2And thou shalt make a holy vesture for Aaron, thy brother, for glory and for beauty.
- Ex 28:8The very workmanship also, and all the variety of the work, shall be of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.