Exodus 28:5

the gold, &c. mentioned above in Exodus 25:3-4.

6 12 (cf. Exodus 39:2-7). The ephod. The -ephod" (which, to judge from Isaiah 30:22. Heb., will have signified a closely-fittingcovering), according to the ordinary view (for another, see p. 312), was a kind of waistcoat, consisting of an oblong piece of richly variegated material, the -work of the designer," bound round the body under the arms, and reaching down as far, apparently, as the waist. It was supported by two -shoulder-pieces" (Heb. shoulders), i.e. probably two broad flaps or straps passing, like braces, over the shoulders, and attached to the ephod in front and behind: on the top of each of these shoulder-straps was an onyx-stone, enclosed in a filigree setting of gold, and engraved with the names of six of the tribes of Israel. Round the body the ephod was further held in its place by a band woven in one piece with it, but perhaps of a different pattern, probably forming a border at its lower edge, and passing closely round the waist. The ephod was worn over a long blue -robe," described in vv.31 5.