Exodus 39:31-41

31 They tied it to the front of the turban with a blue cord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32 All the work on the Tent of the Lord's presence was finally completed. The Israelites made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

33 They brought to Moses the Tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;

34 the covering of rams' skin dyed red; the covering of fine leather; the curtain;

35 the Covenant Box containing the stone tablets, its poles, and its lid;

36 the table and all its equipment, and the bread offered to God;

37 the lampstand of pure gold, its lamps, all its equipment, and the oil for the lamps;

38 the gold altar; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;

39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base;

40 the curtains for the enclosure and its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure and its ropes; the Tent pegs; all the equipment to be used in the Tent;

41 and the magnificent garments the priests were to wear in the Holy Place - the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons.

Exodus 39:31-41 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.