Aaron's breastplate

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• AARON — (Heb. אַהֲרֹן), brother of moses and miriam ; founder of the priesthood in Israel. Biblical Information Aaron belonged to the tribe of levi (Ex. 4:14) and was the elder son of amram and jochebed (ibid. 6:20; Num. 26:59; I Chron. 5:29; 23:13). He… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Aaron Karfunkel — (also known as Aaron ben Judah; in Hebrew, Aharon ben Yehudah ha Kohen; in Yiddish, Aaron Löb was a Bohemian rabbi of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. After having successively filled the rabbinates of Gawartschew, Łask, Dasparschi, and… …   Wikipedia

• Priestly breastplate — Part of Judaic series of articles on Priesthood in Judaism   …   Wikipedia

• Sardius — Sar di*us, n. [L. sardius, lapis sardinus, Gr. ?, ?, ?. See {Sard}.] A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron s breastplate. Ex. xxviii. 17. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• High priest —    Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore a peculiar dress, which on his death passed to his successor in office (Ex. 29:29, 30). Besides those garments which he wore in common with all …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• breastpiece — ‘Breastplate’ in AV and sometimes in NRSV, REB, NJB. It was a dramatic part of the ceremonial garb worn by Aaron (Exod. 28:15) when he ministered before the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle. Its four rows of three precious stones represented the… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Exodus 28 — 1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron s sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy …   The King James version of the Bible

• Exodus 39 — 1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine… …   The King James version of the Bible

• PRIESTLY VESTMENTS — PRIESTLY VESTMENTS, the special garments that were worn by the priests during divine worship, as was customary in cultic services in the Ancient Near East and elsewhere (see e.g., II Kings 10:22). The priests are commanded to leave their priestly …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• High Priest (Judaism) — Part of Judaic series of articles on Priesthood in Judaism   …   Wikipedia

• PRIESTS AND PRIESTHOOD — Definition of Priesthood The priests are the principal functionaries in divine services, their special task being to engage in cultic ceremonies which they conducted mainly in the Temple. In general the priests post is authorized by hereditary… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism