Exodus 39

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1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.

3They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.

4They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.

5The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

6They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

7He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

8He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.

10They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

11and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

12and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.

14The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

15They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

16They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

17They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

18The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front.

19They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.

20They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

21They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

22He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

23The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.

24They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.

25They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates;

26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

27They made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

28and the turban of fine linen, and the linen headbands of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,

29and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

30They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: “HOLY TO YAHWEH”.

31They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

32Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.

33They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

34the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,

35the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,

36the table, all its vessels, the show bread,

37the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,

38the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,

39the bronze altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,

40the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,

41the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.

42According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.

43Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

Commentary

39:1 The priests garments are called here clothes of service - Those that wear robes of honour must look upon them as clothes of service; for those upon whom honour is put, from them service is expected. Holy garments were not made for men to sleep in, but to do service in, and then they are indeed for glory and beauty. These also were shadows of good things to come, but the substance is Christ. He is our great high priest; he put upon him the clothes of service when he undertook the work of our redemption; arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which he received not by measure; charged himself with all God's spiritual Israel, bare them on his shoulder, carried them in his bosom, and presented them in the breast - plate of judgment unto his Father. And, lastly, he crowned himself with holiness to the Lord, consecrated his whole undertaking to the honour of his Fathers holiness. And all true believers are spiritual priests. The clean linen with which all their clothes of service must be made, is the righteousness of saints: and holiness to the Lord must be so written upon their foreheads, that all who converse with them may see they bear the image of God's holiness.

39:1-31 The priests' garments were rich and splendid. The church in its infancy was thus taught by shadows of good things to come; but the substance is Christ, and the grace of the gospel. Christ is our great High Priest. When he undertook the work of our redemption, he put on the clothes of service, he arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, girded himself with resolution to go through the undertaking, took charge of all God's spiritual Israel, laid them near his heart, engraved them on the palms of his hands, and presented them to his Father. And he crowned himself with holiness to the Lord, consecrating his whole undertaking to the honour of his Father's holiness. True believers are spiritual priests. The clean linen with which all their clothes of service must be made, is the righteousness of saints, Re 19:8.

Chapter 39 This chapter gives us an account of the finishing of the work of the tabernacle. I. The last things prepared were the holy garments. The ephod and its curious girdle (v. 1-5). The onyx-stones for the shoulders (v. 6, 7). The breastplate with the precious stones in it (v. 8–21). The robe of the ephod (v. 22–26). The coats, bonnets, and breeches, for the inferior priests (v. 27–29). And the plate of the holy crown (v. 30, 31). II. A summary account of the whole work, as it was presented to Moses when it was all finished (v. 32, etc.).Verses 1-31 In this account of the making of the priests’ garments, according to the instructions given (ch. 28), we may observe, 1. That the priests’ garments are called here clothes of service, v. 1. Note, Those that wear robes of honour must look upon them as clothes of service; for from those upon whom honour is put service is expected. It is said of those that are arrayed in white robes that they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, Rev. 7:13, 15. Holy garments were not made for men to sleep in, or to strut in, but to do service in; and then they are indeed for glory and beauty. The Son of man himself came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. 2. That all the six paragraphs here, which give a distinct account of the making of these holy garments, conclude with those words, as the Lord commanded Moses, v. 5, 7, 21, 26, 29, 31. The like is not in any of the foregoing accounts, as if in these, more than any other of the appurtenances of the tabernacle, they had a particular regard to the divine appointment, both for warrant and for direction. It is an intimation to all the Lord’s ministers to make the word of God their rule in all their ministrations, and to act in observance of and obedience to the command of God. 3. That these garments, in conformity to the rest of the furniture of the tabernacle, were very rich and splendid; the church in its infancy was thus taught, thus pleased, with the rudiments of this world; but now under the gospel, which is the ministration of the Spirit, to affect and impose such pompous habits as the church of Rome does, under pretence of decency and instruction, is to betray the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and to entangle the church again in the bondage of those carnal ordinances which were imposed only till the time of reformation. 4. That they were all shadows of good things to come, but the substance is Christ, and the grace of the gospel; when therefore the substance has come, it is a jest to be fond of the shadow. (1.) Christ is our great high-priest; when he undertook the work of our redemption, he put on the clothes of service—he arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which he received not by measure—girded himself with the curious girdle of resolution, to go through with his undertaking—charged himself with the curious girdle of resolution, to go through with his undertaking—charged himself with all God’s spiritual Israel, bore them on his shoulders, carried them in his bosom, laid them near his heart, engraved them on the palms of his hands, and presented them in the breast-plate of judgment unto his Father. And (lastly) he crowned himself with holiness to the Lord, consecrating his whole undertaking to the honour of his Father’s holiness: now consider how great this man is. (2.) True believers are spiritual priests. The clean linen with which all their clothes of service must be made is the righteousness of saints (Rev. 19:8), and Holiness to the Lord must be so written upon their foreheads that all who converse with them may see, and say, that they bear the image of God’s holiness, and are devoted to the praise of it.

CHAPTER 39Ex 39:1-43. Garments of the Priests.1, 2. cloths of service—official robes.

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AMHEVG እግዚአብሔርም ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው፥ በመቅደሱ ለማገልገል ከሰማያዊ ከሐምራዊም ከቀይ ግምጃም በብልሃት የተሠራ ልብስ፥ ለአሮንም የተቀደሰውን ልብስ አደረጉ። አማርኛ ENGNIV From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary. They also made sacred… English BCV ብሰማያውን ሓምራውን ውፁእ ቀይሕ ዓለባን ገይሮም፥ ኣብ መቕደስ ንዘገልግሉሉ ዝተኣለመ ኣልባስ ኣገልግሎት ኣዳለዉ። ከምቲ እግዚኣብሄር ንሙሴ ዝኣዘዞ ድማ፥ ንኣሮን ቅዱሳት ኣልባሳት ገበሩሉ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Kana booddee warri hojii miidhagsanii hojjechuu beekan sun uffata kulaan miidhagfame boffee bifa waaqaa, boffee dhiilge… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወዘተርፈ ወርቅ ዘመባእ ተገብረ ንዋየ በዘይገብሩ ቅድመ እግዚአብሔር፤ ወእምነ ያክንት ወኅብረ ከብድ ወለይ ወቢሦስ ተገብረ አልባስ ለመልእክተ መቅደስ፤ ወገብሩ አልባሰ ቅዱሰ ለአሮን በከመ አ… giz GAZGAZ Kana booddee warri hojii miidhagsanii hojjechuu beekan sun uffata kulaan miidhagfame boffee bifa waaqaa, boffee dhiilge… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ብሰማያውን ሓምራውን ውፁእ ቀይሕ ዓለባን ገይሮም፥ ኣብ መቕደስ ንዘገልግሉሉ ዝተኣለመ ኣልባስ ኣገልግሎት ኣዳለዉ። ከምቲ እግዚኣብሄር ንሙሴ ዝኣዘዞ ድማ፥ ንኣሮን ቅዱሳት ኣልባሳት ገበሩሉ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV ለመቅደሱ አገልግሎት ከሰማያዊ፣ ከሐምራዊና ከቀይ ማግ የተፈተሉ ልብሶችን ሠሩ፤ እንዲሁም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴን እንዳዘዘው ለአሮን የተቀደሱ ልብሶችን ሠሩ። አማርኛ