Fasten the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the Lord. Memorial stones before the Lord: the same vocabulary as the Passover memorial, the feast memorials, the memorial jar of manna. Aaron bearing the names of Israel on his shoulders before the Lord is an act of living memorial — not remembering by reciting but remembering by wearing, by embodying. The priest who enters the holy place carries Israel's memory and identity into the presence of God with every step. Romans 8:34 says Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us — the high priest carrying the twelve names on his shoulders is the type of the one who intercedes from the right hand of the Father.

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