Scripture antiquities; or, A compendious summary of the religious institutions, customs, and manners, of the Hebrew nation - Tapa blanda
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 Excerpt: ...superbly ornamented and splendidly embroidered with gold, blue, purple, and scarlet. It was fastened on the shoulders with a very magnificent fibula, or button, made of two precious stones set in gold, on which were engraved the twelve names of the twelve tribes of Israel, six names on each stone; so equally were the letters divided, that there were twenty-five on each stone, and Joseph's name was written Jehoseph, to make up the equal number, and so he is called and written in Psalm lxxxi, 6, in Hebrew. The ephod was always considered essential to divine worship, for without it no person attempted to enquire of God. 3. The breast-plate of judgment, or oracle, was a piece of cloth doubled, one span square, and of simi Dr. Lightfool's Works, vol. i, p. 905. There were two sorts of Ephods; one of plain linen for the priests, and the splendid one of the high priest. Ephod conies from the root ISd, aphad, he tied, or girded, and seems to ha.ve been a general name of a garment worn by persons of distinction. See 2 Sam. vi, 14; 1 Sam. ixii, 18; 1 Sam. ii. 18; lar texture and workmanship with the ephod, in which twelve precious stones were set, each bearing one of the names of the twelve sons of Jacob engraved on it This breastplate was fastened upon the ephod by rings of gold at the four corners, the two upper rings being fastened to the shoulder pieces with golden chains, and the two lower tied to the girdle of the ephod with blue cords or fillets. And also the Urim and Thummim were put in the breastplate. These two words signify Lights and Perfections, and were emblematical of divine illumination. What the Urim and Thummim were, has never yet been discovered, though volumes have been written on the subject. All that with certainty we know is, that when the high...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821 Excerpt: ...superbly ornamented and splendidly embroidered with gold, blue, purple, and scarlet. It was fastened on the shoulders with a very magnificent fibula, or button, made of two precious stones set in gold, on which were engraved the twelve names of the twelve tribes of Israel, six names on each stone; so equally were the letters divided, that there were twenty-five on each stone, and Joseph's name was written Jehoseph, to make up the equal number, and so he is called and written in Psalm lxxxi, 6, in Hebrew. The ephod was always considered essential to divine worship, for without it no person attempted to enquire of God. 3. The breast-plate of judgment, or oracle, was a piece of cloth doubled, one span square, and of simi Dr. Lightfool's Works, vol. i, p. 905. There were two sorts of Ephods; one of plain linen for the priests, and the splendid one of the high priest. Ephod conies from the root ISd, aphad, he tied, or girded, and seems to ha.ve been a general name of a garment worn by persons of distinction. See 2 Sam. vi, 14; 1 Sam. ixii, 18; 1 Sam. ii. 18; lar texture and workmanship with the ephod, in which twelve precious stones were set, each bearing one of the names of the twelve sons of Jacob engraved on it This breastplate was fastened upon the ephod by rings of gold at the four corners, the two upper rings being fastened to the shoulder pieces with golden chains, and the two lower tied to the girdle of the ephod with blue cords or fillets. And also the Urim and Thummim were put in the breastplate. These two words signify Lights and Perfections, and were emblematical of divine illumination. What the Urim and Thummim were, has never yet been discovered, though volumes have been written on the subject. All that with certainty we know is, that when the high...
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