28:40 “For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands 3 for glory and for beauty.
1 tn Or “abort”; Heb “cast.”
2 sn No one will die prematurely; this applies to the individual or the nation. The plan of God to bless was extensive, if only the people would obey.
3 sn This refers to a band of linen wrapped around the head, forming something like a brimless convex cap, resembling something like a half egg. It refers to the headgear of ordinary priests only (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 310-11).