Exodus 39:26-36

26 a bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe.^[a] It is to be used for ministry, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Other Priestly Garments

27 They made the tunics of fine woven linen for Aaron and his sons.

28 [They also made] the turban and the ornate headbands^[b] of fine linen, the undergarments,

29 and the sash of finely spun linen of embroidered blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. [They did] just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Holy Diadem

30 They also made a plate,^[c] the holy diadem, out of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD

31 Then they attached a cord of blue yarn to it in order to mount [it] on the turban, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.^[d]

Moses' Inspection of the Tabernacle

32 So all the work for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its planks, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

34 the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of manatee skins;^[e] the veil for the screen;

35 the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

36 the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;^[f]

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Exodus 39:26-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 39

In this chapter is continued the account of making the several things belonging to the sanctuary, particularly the clothes for the service of the tabernacle, and the garments of the priests, as the ephod and its curious girdle, Ex 39:1-7 the breastplate and the putting of the stones in it, and the fastening of it to the ephod, Ex 39:8-21 the robe of the ephod, with the bells and pomegranates to it, Ex 39:21-26 and the coats, mitre, bonnets, breeches, and girdle of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons, Ex 39:27-29 and the golden plate, Ex 39:30,31 and all being finished, the tabernacle and everything belonging to it were brought to Moses, and viewed by him; who seeing that all was done exactly according to the commandment of the Lord, blessed the people, and particularly the artificers, Ex 39:38-43.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit bell and pomegranate, bell and pomegranate, on the hem of the robe around
[b]. Lit and the headdresses of headbands
[c]. Or medallion
[d]. Ex 28:31-42
[e]. Or of dolphin skins, or of fine leather; Hb obscure
[f]. Traditionally, showbread