Exodus 28:36
New International Version
“Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: holy to the Lord.

New Living Translation
“Next make a medallion of pure gold, and engrave it like a seal with these words: Holy to the Lord .

English Standard Version
“You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’

Berean Standard Bible
You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

King James Bible
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

New King James Version
“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

New American Standard Bible
“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’

NASB 1995
“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, ‘Holy to the LORD.’

NASB 1977
“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, ‘Holy to the LORD.’

Legacy Standard Bible
“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘Holy to Yahweh.’

Amplified Bible
“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’

Christian Standard Bible
“You are to make a pure gold medallion and engrave it, like the engraving of a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to make a pure gold medallion and engrave it, like the engraving of a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And make a crown of pure gold and engrave upon it an engraving of the seal: "Holiness to LORD JEHOVAH.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and thou shalt grave on it as the graving of a signet, Holiness of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
On a narrow strip of pure gold engrave the words: "Dedicated to the LORD."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO THE LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Make a flower-shaped medallion out of pure gold, and engrave on it (as on a signet ring): Holy to the LORD.

Good News Translation
"Make an ornament of pure gold and engrave on it 'Dedicated to the LORD.'

International Standard Version
"You are to make a medallion of pure gold, and engrave on it 'Holy to the LORD,' like the engravings of a signet.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Literal Standard Version
And you have made a flower of pure gold, and have engraved engravings of a signet on it: Holy to YHWH;

Majority Standard Bible
You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

New American Bible
You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, as on a seal engraving, “Sacred to the LORD.”

NET Bible
"You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: "Holiness to the LORD."

New Revised Standard Version
You shall make a rosette of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the LORD.”

New Heart English Bible
"You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO THE LORD.'

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

World English Bible
“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’

Young's Literal Translation
'And thou hast made a flower of pure gold, and hast opened on it -- openings of a signet -- 'Holy to Jehovah;'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Additional Priestly Garments
35Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die. 36You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. 37Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.…

Cross References
Exodus 28:35
Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.

Exodus 28:37
Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.

Exodus 29:6
Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.

Exodus 39:30
They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Exodus 39:31
Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:9
Moses also put the turban on Aaron's head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.

Isaiah 23:18
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and grave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

a plate of pure gold.

Exodus 29:6
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Exodus 28:24
And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 28:9,11
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: …

Holiness

Exodus 39:30
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Leviticus 8:9
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

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Exodus 28
1. Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priest's office
2. Holy garments are appointed
6. The ephod and girdle
15. The breast-plate with twelve precious stones
30. The Urim and Thummim
31. The robe of the ephod, with pomegranates and bells
36. The plate of the mitre
39. The embroidered coat
40. The garments for Aaron's sons














4. THE MITRE.

(36-39) The head-dress of the high priest was to be of fine white linen (shesh) and appears by the description of Josephus (Ant. Jud. iii. 7, ? 3) to have been a turban, made of several thick swathes or folds in the usual way. It was to be adorned in front with a plate of pure gold bearing the inscription "Holiness to Jehovah," which was to be attached to the linen fabric by a ribbon or "lace" of blue.

(36) Thou shalt make a plate.--The plate is so much of the essence of the mitre that it is put forward first, as that whereto all the rest is subordinate. It was to be "of pure gold," and "fastened on high upon the mitre" (Exodus 39:31); so catching the eye even more than the breastplate, and drawing men's special attention. But the plate itself was only the vehicle for an inscription, and thus men's attention would be especially directed to that. It taught the great truth that religion culminates in "Holiness to Jehovah," without which all else is worthless--forms, ceremonies, priestly attire, sacrifice, prayer, are mockeries. It required primarily the high priest himself to be holy; but it was a call also to the whole nation, whose representative the high priest was, that they should be "a holy nation," "a kingdom of priests" (Exodus 19:6), and should consecrate themselves heart and soul to Jehovah.

Verses 36-38. - THE MITRE. Josephus tells us that the head-dress of the high priest was "not a conical cap, but a sort of crown, made of thick linen swathes" (Ant. Jud. 3:7, § 3). It was thus really a species of turban. The colour was white; and the only ornament on it was the gold plate, with its blue ribbon or fillet. Verse 36. - Thou shalt make a plate of pure gold. The plate, though a mere ornament of the mitre, was, at once, its most conspicuous and its most significant feature. Placed directly in front, right over the forehead, and probably of burnished gold, it would attract universal attention, and catch the eye even more than the breast-plate. Its position made it "the culminating point of the whole priestly attire" (Kalisch) - and its inscription gave to that position extraordinary force and significance. For it taught that "holiness to the Lord" is the very highest crown and truest excellence of religion - that to which all ceremonial is meant to conduce - that without which all the paraphernalia of worship must ever be in God's sight a mockery. It set this truth conspicuously before the eyes, and was apt to impress it upon the hearts of all. It taught the high priest himself not to rest upon outward forms, but to aim in his own person, and teach the people to aim continually, at internal holiness. The extreme importance of this, causes the putting forward at once of the plate and its inscription before any account of the "mitre" is given.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You are to make
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a plate
צִּ֖יץ (ṣîṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6731: Glistening, a burnished plate, a flower, a wing

of pure
טָה֑וֹר (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2889: Clean, pure

gold
זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and engrave on it
וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ (ū·p̄it·taḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

as a seal:
חֹתָ֔ם (ḥō·ṯām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2368: A seal, signet ring

HOLY
קֹ֖דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

TO THE LORD.
לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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