Exo. 28:36

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a plate of pure gold.The word {tzitz,} which we translate a plate, properly signifies a flower.

It is rendered by the LXX. [petalon,] a leaf, and is called {nezer,} a crown in Exo 29:6 and [diadema,] a diadem, by the author of the book of Wisdom, Exo 28:24. Josephus says that it was adorned with three rows of the flower which the Greeks call [kyanos.]

It was two fingers broad, of a circular form, suited to the shape of the head, and so long that it reached from ear to ear, and was fastened upon a blue lace or ribband, which was tied behind the head; and as the plate reached only half round the head, the remaining part of the ribband was highly ornamented with artificial flowers. grave upon it.

Exod 28:9; Exod 28:11

HOLINESS.

Exod 39:30; Lev 8:9; Lev 10:3; Lev 19:2; Ps 93:5; Ezek 43:12; Zech 14:20; Heb 7:26

Heb 12:14; 1Pet 1:15; 1Pet 1:16; 1Pet 2:9; Rev 21:27