Breastplate
18 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
16 sections
- A Part of Defensive Armour
- A Part of the High Priest's Dress
- Armor for Soldiers
- Figurative
- for High Priest
- for High Priest: Directions for the Making of
- for High Priest: Freewill offering of Materials For
- for High Priest: Made by Bezaleel
- for High Priest: Worn by Aaron
- had Names of the Tribes Engraved on Precious Stones
- Illustrative of The: Defence of Faith and Love
- Illustrative of The: Defence of Righteousness
- Illustrative of The: Righteous Judgment of Christ
- Inseparably United to the Ephod
- The Urim and Thummim Placed In
- Worn As a Memorial
A Part of Defensive Armour
- 1 Kings 22:34 However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
A Part of the High Priest's Dress
- Exodus 28:4 These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
Armor for Soldiers
- Revelation 9:9 They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
- Revelation 9:17 Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
Figurative
- Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
for High Priest
- Exodus 25:7 and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
for High Priest: Directions for the Making of
- Exodus 28:15–30 You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. …
for High Priest: Freewill offering of Materials For
- Exodus 35:9 and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- Exodus 35:27 The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
for High Priest: Made by Bezaleel
- Exodus 39:8 He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- Exodus 39:21 Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
for High Priest: Worn by Aaron
- Exodus 29:5 Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.
- Leviticus 8:8 Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
had Names of the Tribes Engraved on Precious Stones
- Exodus 28:17–21 And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald; …
- Exodus 39:10 And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
- Exodus 39:14 The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
Illustrative of The: Defence of Faith and Love
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
Illustrative of The: Defence of Righteousness
- Ephesians 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
Illustrative of The: Righteous Judgment of Christ
- Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
Inseparably United to the Ephod
- Exodus 28:22–28 For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold. …
- Exodus 39:15–21 For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold. …
The Urim and Thummim Placed In
- Exodus 28:30 And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.
- Leviticus 8:8 Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
Worn As a Memorial
- Exodus 28:29 Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
- Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
Related topics
Breastplate for the High PriestBreastplate for SoldiersEphodPrecious Stones used for Adorning the Breastplate of JudgmentThe Ephod for the High PriestSardius in the Breastplate
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.