The ephod with the names of the tribes of Israel upon them is a great picture. Could it be that God was saying that The High Priest was to bear Israel as it were not just over his heart but on his shoulders to work for them? It is also much thought that this garment showed that the High Priest represented all of Israel as the man who is the of Israel of God. This last thought is a beautiful picture of Jesus coming into the heavenly temple according to Hebrews and presenting his own blood on the Mercy Seat. Jesus is the Israel of God. He is the one we are to be like and who stands in our place when we fail. Jesus, as the High Priest did for Israel, carries us on his shoulders and over his heart.
Another interesting fact was that the Urim and Thummim were to be over the High Priest's heart as he came before God. This to me was a reminder that we are to love God's judgment, as the Urim and Thummim were used to decide issues that were otherwise unclear. How true we need to trust God's judgment when the way isn't clear.
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