---
title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Exodus 39"
description: "CHAPTER 39   :-. GARMENTS OF THE
PRIESTS. 1, 2. cloths of service—official
robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the
girdle of needl"
image: "/images/missing.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/exodus/39"
---

CHAPTER 39

. GARMENTS OF THE
PRIESTS.

**1, 2. cloths of service**—official
robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the
girdle of needlework, and the embroidered coat were all of fine
linen; for on no material less delicate could such elaborate
symbolical figures have been portrayed in embroidery, and all
beautified with the same brilliant colors. (See on ).

**3. cut the gold into wires to work
it**—that is, the metal was beaten with a hammer into thin
plates, cut with scissors or some other instrument into long slips,
then rounded into filaments or threads. "Cloth of golden tissue
is not uncommon on the monuments, and specimens of it have been found
rolled about mummies; but it is not easy to determine whether the
gold thread was originally interwoven or subsequently inserted by the
embroiderer" [TAYLOR].

**30. a writing, like to the
engravings of a signet**—The seal-ring worn both by ancient and
modern Egyptians on the little finger of the right hand, contained,
inscribed on a cornelian or other precious stone, along with the
owner's name, a religious sentiment or sacred symbol, intimating that
he was the servant of God, or expressive of trust in Him. And it was
to this practice the inscription on the high priest alludes (compare
[John 3:33](../../../kjv/john/3/33)).

**34. the covering of rams' skin dyed
red**—(See on [Exodus 39:2](../../../kjv/exodus/39/2)). It
was probably red morocco leather and "badgers' skins,"
rather "the skins of the *tahash,* supposed to be the
dugong, or dolphin of the Red Sea, the skin of which is still used by
the Arabs under the same appellation" [GOSS].

**43. Moses did look upon all the
work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded**—A
formal inspection was made on the completion of the tabernacle, not
only with a view to have the work transferred from the charge of the
workmen, but to ascertain whether it corresponded with "the
pattern." The result of a careful and minute survey showed that
every plank, curtain, altar, and vase had been most accurately made
of the form, and in the place designed by the Divine Architect—and
Moses, in accepting it of their hands, thanked God for them, and
begged Him to bless them.

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