Much of this section of the Book of Exodus is spent describing the tabernacle and the things related to it. It must be important for us to understand since the Holy Spirit takes almost 50 chapters to describe it. The only other subject covered in more detail in the Bible is the life of Jesus Christ. Many things in the tabernacle are symbols pointing to Jesus Christ Himself. So we conclude that while one of the purposes of the tabernacle was to provide Israel with a visible center of worship, even more importantly, it pointed to the work of the coming Messiah, Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
This chapter focuses primarily on the garments the men who served at the tabernacle were to wear, especially the high priest. The garment that captures our eye is the high priest’s robe. It was worn underneath the ephod but over the white linen garment, from the neck down to below the knees. It points to Jesus as the heavenly One who knew where He came from and where He was going. This is one of the secrets of peace in our life with Christ, knowing where we are headed. Making the robe “all of blue,” reminded the priest and the people watching of the reality of heaven.<\/p>\n
We love the fact that the color blue is to remind us constantly that we are a heaven-bound people. As we walk through our daily lives, we are to be continually reminded that this world is not our home. Jesus’ whole life was centered around this eternal perspective\u2014that He was heavenly destined. He said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal” (Matt. 6:19\u201320). Jesus knew heaven. He was so focused on eternity, He was able to lead a life here that was detached and uncluttered. Jesus has told us that we are to be a heavenly-minded people; and in reality, we can be of no earthly good until we are heavenly minded.<\/p>\n
“LORD, we remember that this world and the things of it are soon passing away. Keep us heavenly minded enough today that we might be of some earthly good to You and Your Kingdom.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n =============================================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exodus 28 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup>\u00a0And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest\u2019s office,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron\u2019s sons.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt speak unto all\u00a0that are\u00a0<\/em>wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron\u2019s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest\u2019s office.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0And these\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest\u2019s office.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6<\/sup>\u00a0And they shall make the ephod\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>gold,\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue, and\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>purple,\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and\u00a0so\u00a0<\/em>it shall be joined together.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0And the curious girdle of the ephod, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof;\u00a0even of\u00a0<\/em>gold,\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0Six of their names on one stone, and\u00a0the other<\/em>six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. 11<\/sup>\u00a0With the work of an engraver in stone,\u00a0like\u00a0<\/em>the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.\u00a012<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the\u00a0LORD\u00a0upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make ouches\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>gold;\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0And two chains\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>pure gold at the ends;\u00a0of<\/em>wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it;\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>gold,\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue, and\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>purple, and\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>scarlet, and\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0Foursquare it shall be\u00a0being\u00a0<\/em>doubled; a span\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>the length thereof, and a span\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>the breadth thereof.\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt set in it settings of stones,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>four rows of stones:\u00a0the first\u00a0<\/em>row\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle:\u00a0this shall be<\/em>the first row.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And the second row\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.\u00a019<\/sup>And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.\u00a0\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names,\u00a0like\u00a0<\/em>the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 22<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>wreathen work\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>pure gold.\u00a023<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt put the two wreathen\u00a0chains\u00a0<\/em>of gold in the two rings\u00a0which are\u00a0<\/em>on the ends of the breastplate.\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0And\u00a0the other\u00a0<\/em>two ends of the two wreathen\u00a0chains\u00a0<\/em>thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put\u00a0them\u00a0<\/em>on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. 26<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>in the side of the ephod inward.\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0And two\u00a0other\u00a0<\/em>rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the\u00a0other\u00a0<\/em>coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that\u00a0it\u00a0<\/em>may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.\u00a029<\/sup>\u00a0And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy\u00a0place\u00a0<\/em>, for a memorial before the\u00a0LORD\u00a0continually. 30<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron\u2019s heart, when he goeth in before the\u00a0LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the\u00a0LORD\u00a0continually. 31<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue.\u00a032<\/sup>\u00a0And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33<\/sup>\u00a0And\u00a0beneath\u00a0<\/em>upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>blue, and\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>purple, and\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:\u00a034<\/sup>\u00a0A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.\u00a035<\/sup>\u00a0And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy\u00a0place\u00a0<\/em>before the\u00a0LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make a plate\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>pure gold, and grave upon it,\u00a0like\u00a0<\/em>the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE\u00a0LORD.\u00a037<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.\u00a038<\/sup>\u00a0And it shall be upon Aaron\u2019s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the\u00a0LORD. 39<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>needlework. 40<\/sup>\u00a0And for Aaron\u2019s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.\u00a041<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest\u2019s office.\u00a0\u00a042<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a043<\/sup>\u00a0And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy\u00a0place;\u00a0<\/em>that they bear not iniquity, and die:\u00a0it shall be\u00a0<\/em>a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Much of this section of the Book of Exodus is spent describing the tabernacle and the things related to it. 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