• Dedication and Its Symbol
    The Watchtower—1982 | February 15

    • 3, 4. In the case of the Jewish high priest, of what would the ‘symbol of dedication’ on his turban be a reminder?

      3 In ancient Israel a priesthood was set up. Moses had carried out the specific instructions from Jehovah on making the distinctive garments for the high priest. Regarding the turban, it is written: “They made a rosette of pure gold as the symbol [sign] of their holy dedication and inscribed on it as the engraving on a seal, ‘Holy to the LORD’ [“Consecrated to Yahweh,” The Jerusalem Bible], and they fastened on it a violet braid to fix it on the turban at the top.”a​—Exodus 39:30, 31; 29:6; Leviticus 8:9, The New English Bible; New World Translation.

      4 This ‘symbol of dedication’ would be a reminder to the high priest and to all observers that he had been “consecrated” or dedicated by God to a sacred service in behalf of a dedicated people.

  • Dedication and Its Symbol
    The Watchtower—1982 | February 15

    • a The expression “sign of dedication” translates the Hebrew word nezer, which Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible defines as follows: “Prop[erly] something set apart, i.e. (abstr[act]) dedication (of a priest or Nazirite); hence (concr[ete]) unshorn locks; also (by impl[ication]) a chaplet (espec[ially] of royalty):​—consecration, crown, hair, separation.”