“And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.”
They fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses. The confirmation that the shoulder stones are memorial stones for the sons of Israel closes the shoulder stone construction with the obedience formula. The repetition is liturgical: each element of the priestly vestment is completed and confirmed. Romans 8:34 says Christ is at the right hand of God interceding for us — the community's names perpetually before the Father through the high priest's shoulders is the type of Christ's permanent intercession.
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