What Does Exodus 35:19 Mean in the King James?
The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The same Hebrew root names both the holy place and the holy garments, joining sacred space to the service carried out there.
THE MEANING
This verse gives sacred service a tangible shape: particular garments belong in the holy place and to Aaron and his sons in their priestly work. The set-apart appears in both the location and the clothing, while service names the work those garments accompany. Here, holiness is a dedicated place and an enacted office.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The sacred is only inward or abstract, with no material form or appointed work.
THE ROOT
קֹדֶשׁ
qodesh
GROWS FROM
קדש
q-d-sh
to be set apart, consecrated, or sacred
“holy place; holy garments” in this verse is qodesh. The Hebrew repeats the same root for the holy place and the garments, binding location and clothing into one set-apart arrangement. English repeats “holy,” while the Hebrew makes their shared root audible: the garments belong to the same consecrated order as the place where service happens.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart for a sacred purpose
קָדוֹשׁ
This adjective makes clear that the garments and place share a quality of consecration, rather than merely sharing a setting.
miqdash: A sanctuary or dedicated holy place
מִקְדָּשׁ
The sanctuary is another form from the same root, showing how set-apartness can name both a quality and the place marked by it.
לְשָׁרֵת
lesharet
GROWS FROM
שרת
sh-r-t
to serve or attend
“to do service” in this verse is lesharet. The garments are explicitly linked to lesharet, “to serve” or “to minister.” Their place in the verse is defined by the service they accompany, joining what is worn to the work of the priestly office.
ALSO GROWS
mesharet: A person who serves or attends
מְשָׁרֵת
This form names the one who carries out the service, making the relationship between the garments and the priestly role explicit.
lesharet: To carry out service or attend
לְשָׁרֵת
This is the infinitive used in the verse; it states the purpose attached to the holy-place garments.
THE PATTERN
Set-apart purpose takes visible form in objects and roles prepared for service.
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.The verb translated “sanctified” comes from the same קדש (q-d-sh), “set apart,” root that names the holy place and holy garments in Exodus 35:19. Here that same root reaches Aaron, his sons, and their clothing, connecting the person, the garments, and the sacred service.
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