Exodus 39:1
Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled workmen made the beautiful clothes for Aaron to wear while he did his work as a priest in the Holy Place. They made them from blue, purple, and red cloth, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2They made the sacred apron from fine white linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth.
Cross References
Exodus 26:1“ Tell the people to make the Sacred Tent using ten long strips of fine linen. They must take blue, purple, and red thread (OR, weave the strips from blue, purple, and red thread), and a skilled craftsman must embroider these strips with designs that represent the winged creatures that are above the chest.
Exodus 28:5The skilled workmen must use fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make these clothes.”
Exodus 35:19and the beautiful clothes that Aaron and his sons are to wear when they do their work in the Holy Place.”
Exodus 39:41the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron to wear when he did his work in the Holy Place, and the special clothes for his sons to wear as they did their work as priests.
Ezekiel 42:14When the priests leave the temple, they will not be allowed to immediately enter the outer courtyard. First, they must remove the clothes that they had been wearing inside the temple, because those clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before they enter the parts of the temple area where the other people gather.”
Hebrews 9:12When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes goats’ blood and calves’ blood to offer as a sacrifice. But Christ did not do that. It was as though he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 39:1
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, ver. 1-5 . The onyx-stones for the shoulders, ver. 6, 7 . The breastplate with the precious stones in it, ver. 8-21 . The robe of the ephod, ver. 22-26 . The coats, bonnets, and breeches, for the inferior priests, ver. 27-29 . And the plate of the holy crown, ver. 30, 31 . II. A summary account of the whole work, as it was presented to Moses when it… Read the whole commentary →