These officials, thinking that they would be reverenced in accordance with their external appearance, adopted great splendor of dress, making a rich display of costly robes and dazzling breastplates. They were more anxious to win the admiration of men than to obtain spotless purity of character and holiness of life, that would gain the approval of God. {2SP 73.1}

Disse embedsmænd mente at de ville blive æret efter deres ydre udseende, få stor glans for klæder, få et rigt udseende af kostelige klæder og blændende brystplader. De var mere ivrige efter at vinde menneskers beundring end at få pletfri karakterrenhed og livshellighed, som ville give Guds billigelse.