Leviticus - 8:8



8 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 8:8.

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And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to the rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth.
And he put the breast-plate upon him: also he put in the breast-plate the Urim and the Thummim.
and doth put on him the breastplate, and doth put unto the breastplate the Lights and the Perfections,
And he put the priest's bag on him, and in the bag he put the Urim and Thummim.
And tying it to the belt, he fitted it to the breastplate, on which was Doctrine and Truth.
Et superimposuit ei pectorale, et reposuit in pectorali Urim et Thummim.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

He put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim - The Urim and Thummim are here supposed to be something different from the breastplate itself. See Clarke's note on Exodus 28:15, See Clarke's note on Exodus 28:16, See Clarke's note on Exodus 28:30.

And he put the breastplate upon him,.... Which was made of the same materials with the ephod, and was put upon it, and fastened to it:
also he put in the breastplate the Urim and Thummim: that is, Moses did it, as all the rest; for there is no reason to be given why this should be appropriated to God as a divine work, distinct from the rest; and these seem to be the twelve precious stones set in the breastplate, whose names are given, Exodus 27:17 and if they are not intended, no account is here given of them; but since in Exodus 29:8 an account is given of the stones, and of the setting of them in the breastplate, and no mention is made of the Urim and Thummim, and here notice is taken of them, but nothing said of the stones; it seems pretty plain they must be the same; See Gill on Exodus 28:30.

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