Seven times in a single chapter: “as the LORD commanded Moses.” Exodus 39 is the moment Israel’s craftsmen finish every thread of Aaron’s priestly garments exactly as instructed - no shortcuts, no improvisation.
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Lyrics
Of the blue purple and scarlet they made finely worked garments For ministering in the holy place And made the holy garments for Aaron as the LORD commanded Moses
He made the ephod of gold blue purple scarlet And fine twined linen They beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wires To work it in with the blue the purple the scarlet and the fine linen
The work of the skilful workman They made shoulder straps for it joined together It was joined together at the two ends The skilfully woven band that was on it
With which to fasten it on was of the same piece Like its work of gold of blue purple scarlet and fine twined linen As the LORD commanded Moses They worked the onyx stones enclosed in settings of gold
Engraved with the engravings of a signet according to the names Of the children of Israel He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod To be stones of memorial for the children of Israel
As the LORD commanded Moses He made the breastplate the work of a skilful workman Like the work of the ephod of gold of blue purple scarlet And fine twined linen
It was square They made the breastplate double Its length was a span and its width a span being double They set in it four rows of stones
A row of ruby topaz and beryl was the first row And the second row a turquoise a sapphire and an emerald And the third row a jacinth an agate and an amethyst And the fourth row a chrysolite an onyx and a jasper
They were enclosed in gold settings The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel Twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet Everyone according to his name for the twelve tribes
They made on the breastplate chains like cords Of braided work of pure gold They made two settings of gold and two gold rings And put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings At the ends of the breastplate they put on the two settings And put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its front These are the holy garments for Aaron the priest
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Exodus 39 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.