Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: holy to the Lord. The gold plate on the high priest's turban — engraved with holy to the Lord — is the most concentrated theological statement in the entire vestment. The forehead that is visible to everyone who sees the priest bears the declaration that he belongs entirely to God. The same engraving technique as the seal engraving on the shoulder stones and the breastpiece stones: the names of God and Israel are written by the same hand, with the same precision. Revelation 22:4 says they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads — the holy to the Lord on the high priest's forehead is the type of the divine name on the foreheads of the redeemed.

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