Exodus 39:18 NKJV,NLT

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 39:1-31

XXXIX.THE MAKING OF THE HOLY GARMENTS.(1-31) This section corresponds to Exodus 28:5-40, but does not follow exactly the same order. Exodus 39:2-7 correspond to Exodus 39:5-12 of Exodus 28:0; Exodus 39:8-21 to Exodus 39:13-28; Exodus 39:22-26 to Exodus 39:31-35; but after this a dislocation occurs. Exodus 39:27-29 correspond to Exodus 39:39-42 of Exodus 28:0, and Exodus 39:30-31 to Exodus 39:36-38. It is not clear why any change was made. The order observed in Exodus 28:0 seems preferable. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 39:1-43

Exodus 39:26 The golden bells on this ephod, by their precious matter and pleasant sound, do well represent the good profession that the saints make; and the pomegranates the fruit they bring forth. And as, in the hem of the ephod, bells and pomegranates were constantly connected, as is once and again observed, there was a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, so it is in the true saints. Their good profession and their good fruit do constantly accompany one another.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 39:1-43

CHAPTER 39 The Priestly Garments and the Work Finished 1. The material used (Exodus 39:1 ) 2. The ephod (Exodus 39:2-7 ) 3. The breastplate (Exodus 39:8-21 ) 4. The robe, the bells and pomegranates (Exodus 39:22-26 ) 5. The coats (Exodus 39:27-29 ) 6. The holy crown (Exodus 39:30-31 ) 7. The work finished (Exodus 39:32-43 ) All is done “as the Lord commanded.” This expression is used seven times in chapter 39 (verses 1, 5, 7, 21, 26, 29, 31). It is again repeated exactly seven... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-43

THE EPHOD (vs.2-7) Various hangings for the tabernacle and the court were made of blue, purple and scarlet and fine twined linen, and these same materials were employed in making the priest's garments. However, the ephod also included gold, which was beaten into thin sheets and cut into threads, to be woven into the blue, purple, scarlet and fine linen in an artistic design. Thus, in this most important article of clothing, the Lord Jesus is typified in His divine glory first, as God over... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 39:1-43

THE TABERNACLE ERECTED The closing chapters detail the execution of the plan of the Tabernacle previously revealed. In the first we are told of the offerings the people made for the work, in the next four the progress of the building is recorded, and the last we have the completion and acceptance of the whole on God’s part. NOTE (1) that an important principle in the gifts was the willingness of those who gave (Exodus 35:5 ); (2) the women contributed as well as the men (Exodus 35:22 ); (3)... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 39:15-21

Let us not forget what the apostle saith concerning those things, Hebrews 9:6-12 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-31

1-31 The priests' garments were rich and splendid. The church in its infancy was thus taught by shadows of good things to come; but the substance is Christ, and the grace of the gospel. Christ is our great High Priest. When he undertook the work of our redemption, he put on the clothes of service, he arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, girded himself with resolution to go through the undertaking, took charge of all God's spiritual Israel, laid them near his heart, engraved... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 39:8-21

The Breastplate and its Fastenings v. 8. And he made the breastplate of cunning work, a production of the highest artistic skill, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. v. 9. It was foursquare, half a cubit either way; they made the breastplate double, the material forming a sort of pocket; a span was the length thereof and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. v. 10. And they set in it four rows of stones, precious gems. The first... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 39:1-43

D.—the ark and the mercy—seat,1 and the cherubimExodus 37:1-91And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim [acacia] wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: 2And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown [rim] of gold to [for] it round about. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by [gold, on] the four corners of it [its four feet]; even two rings upon the one side of it, and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-31

The Making of the Priestly Garments (Exodus 39:1-31 ). Exodus 39:1 ‘And of the bluey-violet, and purpley-red, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as Yahweh commanded Moses.’ We now move on to the making of the priestly garments to be used by the priests for ministering in the Holy Place, and those made especially for the use of ‘the Priest’. All was done ‘as Yahweh commanded Moses’ (a constant refrain). The... read more