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People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Breastplate. The name of a part of the official dress of the Jewish high priest. Exodus 28:15. It was a piece of embroidered work, about ten inches square and made double, with a front and lining, so as to answer for a pouch or bag. It was adorned with twelve precious stones. See High Priest. The two upper corners were fastened to the ephod, from which it was not to be loosed, Exodus 28:28, and the two lower corners to the girdle. The rings, chains, and other fastenings were of gold or rich lace. It was called the memorial, Exodus 28:12; Exodus 28:29, inasmuch as it reminded the priest of his representative character in relation to the twelve tribes; and it is also called the breastplate of judgment, Exodus 28:15, perhaps because it was worn by him who was instrumentally the fountain of justice and judgment to the Jewish church. Others think it is because the Urim and Thummim were annexed to it.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Breastplate'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​b/breastplate.html. 1893.
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