And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
The ephod was the high priest's outermost garment, shot through with gold thread; a short coat without sleeves, fitted close with a curious girdle. Those shoulder-pieces bore the names of all Israel in precious stones, and Christ our High Priest bears us the same way before His Father, our advocate and our memorial.
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Commenting on Exodus 28:6-14
And thou shall put the stones upon the shoulders of the ephod,.... That is, the shoulder pieces of it; these stones were put there, the names of the twelve sons of Israel being engraven on them, and they, set in rims or sockets of gold, and serving for buttons to the shoulder pieces: but chiefly the design of them was for stones of memorial unto...
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. (f) That Aaron might remind the Israelites of God.