A plaque of pure gold attached to the front of the high priest's turban. It bore the engraved words, "Holy to the Lord."
"Through this inscription, which was fastened upon his head-dress of brilliant white, the earthly reflection of holiness, he was crowned as the sanctified of the Lord (Ps. cvi. 16), and endowed with the power to exterminate the sin which clung to the holy offerings of the people on account of the unholiness of their nature, so that the gifts of the nation became well-pleasing to the Lord, and the good pleasure of God was manifested to the nation."479
"It was necessary also that he should be a holy man. . . . It was as though they said: We are conscious that our representative may fail in personal holiness, but on that golden plate of purest metal we have placed our ideal, the high-water mark, which we desire our priest should attain.'"480
"Set apart for Yahweh' refers not alone, indeed not even primarily to Aaron' and his successors, as v 38 makes plain. It is Israel that is set apart for Yahweh,' Aaron' of course among Israel and representing Israel . . ."481
