Exodus 28:36-38 And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and grave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.… 1. Made of blue silk and fine linen (ver. 39), like (as it seems) to an half-coronet. 2. Beautified with a golden plate, on which was written "Holiness to the Lord." 3. The use. Aaron must ever have it on his forehead while he bears the iniquity of their offerings, to make the people acceptable before the Lord (ver. 38). I. THE MITRE AND CROWN ON THE PRIEST'S HEAD SIGNIFIED — 1. The Deity of Christ our head, which as a crown or circle wants beginning and end. 2. The kingly office of Christ, with all that honour and crown of glory set on the head of our Redeemer, to whom all power is given in heaven and in earth. II. THE GOLDEN PLATE IN WHICH WAS WRITTEN "HOLINESS TO THE LORD," DID NOT ONLY DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE MITRES OF THE ORDINARY PRIESTS, WHICH WANTED SUCH A PLATE: BUT SPECIALLY TYPIFIED JESUS CHRIST OUR HEAD, in whom was most conspicuous (as in a man's forehead), a most Divine and perfect holiness purer than the gold of that plate. III. THE USE WAS SIGNIFICANT, that as the high priest, having on this plate, with this inscription, got the iniquities of the people pardoned, which he bare before the Lord: So our High Priest, Jesus Christ, presenting before His Father, His most absolute holiness, gets a pardon for all our sins, which He bears upon Himself. And as their sins were pardoned in respect of the high priest, who represented Christ: So both theirs and ours are indeed and in truth pardoned, for the true and eternal High Priest, who is Christ Himself. (T. Taylor, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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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