High Priest Clothing: The Breastpiece
We have looked at the Ephod the High Priest wore. It had two parts, a front and a back, that were fastened with two shoulder pieces with straps of braided chain of gold and held to the body with a beautiful woven belt at the waist. On the shoulders were two onyx stones with the names of Israel’s tribes: 6 on each stone. When Aaron, the High Priest would enter the Tabernacle, he would be bearing Israel’s name before God….