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“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO THE LORD.’
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Verse 36. Plate; reaching from ear to ear, two fingers’ breadth, tied behind like a diadem. Wisd. 18:24.—Holy, or “sanctity, belongeth to the Lord,” and all who approach to Him, ought to be holy. Calmet.—Josephus represents the ornaments of the high priest’s head, like the triple crown of the pope. Ant. iii. 8.
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