Exodus 39:1-31 [+/-]Exodus 39:1-31
[39:1]From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they
made finely woven garments, for ministering in the Holy
Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD
had commanded Moses.
[2]He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and
scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. [3]And they hammered
out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the
blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine
twined linen, in skilled design. [4]They made for the ephod
attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges.
[5]And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece
with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and
scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the LORD had
commanded Moses.
[6]They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of
gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a
signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
[7]And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to
be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the
LORD had commanded Moses.
[8]He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the
style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet
yarns, and fine twined linen. [9]It was square. They made
the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a span its
breadth when doubled. [10]And they set in it four rows of
stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the
first row; [11]and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire,
and a diamond; [12]and the third row, a jacinth, an agate,
and an amethyst; [13]and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx,
and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold
filigree. [14]There were twelve stones with their names
according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were
like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve
tribes. [15]And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains
like cords, of pure gold. [16]And they made two settings of
gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on
the two edges of the breastpiece. [17]And they put the two
cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the
breastpiece. [18]They attached the two ends of the two
cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached
it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. [19]Then
they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends
of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.
[20]And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in
front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the
ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the
ephod. [21]And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to
the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it
should lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and
that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod,
as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[22]He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of
blue, [23]and the opening of the robe in it was like the
opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so
that it might not tear. [24]On the hem of the robe they
made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and
fine twined linen. [25]They also made bells of pure gold,
and put the bells between the pomegranates all around the
hem of the robe, between the pomegranates-- [26]a bell and
a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate around the hem of
the robe for ministering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[27]They also made the coats, woven of fine linen, for
Aaron and his sons, [28]and the turban of fine linen, and
the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine
twined linen, [29]and the sash of fine twined linen and of
blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with
needlework, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
[30]They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold,
and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a
signet, "Holy to the LORD." [31]And they tied to it a cord
of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD had
commanded Moses. (ESV)
Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane. He was in agony. As the eternal Son of God, He knew the fullness of the force of pain and death that was in front of Him. He understood the pain of rejection and rebuke. He knew that there would be brutal blows upon His back and flesh tearing thorns upon his brow. But none of this would have been the source of His agony. None of this would have caused the kind of intensity that caused His sweat to be bloody in its appearance as it fell from His body and His brow. Only this one reality could have created that kind of intensity to produce the pain of that kind of agony: Jesus knew that He would face for those He came to save the full force of the wrath of God upon Him. He knew that He would receive from His holy Father the pain of the punishment that those for whom he was dying deserved, and the worst of it was that the pouring out of the wrath of God upon Him would mean the turning of the face of God from Him. And it caused Him to cry out in such agony that it showed itself physically.
Learn more about this message by downloading the sermon notes here!
