Exodus 36:19-29

19 and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst;

20 and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.

21 And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes.

22 And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold,

23 and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings.

24 And they put the two golden rings on both the corners of the oracle;

25 and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.

26 And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite in front.

27 And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within.

28 And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod.

29 And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Exodus 36:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.