And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
The verse records the making of two gold settings and two gold rings fastened at the two ends of the breastplate. It concerns the high priest's most sacred vestment, the breastplate of judgment whose twelve stones bore the names of the tribes of Israel. That bearing of the tribal names represents Christ, the great High Priest, carrying every repentant believing soul upon His heart. The wilderness tabernacle was God's movable earthly dwelling among men and the center of Israel's worship, built exactly according to the divine pattern shown to Moses in the mount. Its furnishings and rites were a shadow of heavenly things and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, pointing to the coming Messiah and His salvation until the typical service ended forever with the death of Christ, while its tenth-day atonement shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house of God before the second coming.
Tabernacle Setting and Construction
The making described is of two ouches or settings of gold and two rings of gold, with the two rings put or attached in or at the two ends of the breastplate. This detailed work belonged to the construction of the sanctuary and its furnishings, carried out according to the pattern God showed to Moses and included among the completed work submitted to Moses for inspection as a true pattern. It shows that the ancient craftsmen had the skill to work gold and make fine jewelry.
The work belongs to the making of the sanctuary furnishings including the breastplate in Exodus 33-40, especially Exodus 35-40 or 36-40, which relate the preparation, fitting, construction and inauguration of the Tabernacle. This section completes the description and instruction given in Exodus 25-31, given to Moses in the mount, in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32. It stands within the second, chiefly legislative division of Exodus in which the ransomed people are bound to Jehovah by solemn covenant and provided with legal ordinances for guidance, devoted to Israel's organization and established worship and form of worship. The Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year from the Exodus.
The wilderness tabernacle was the earthly, worldly sanctuary built at God's command as God's movable dwelling-place among men so that He might dwell among them. It was the center of Israel's worship, which centered on the most holy place where the law of God rested beneath the mercy seat. It was first pitched in the wilderness after deliverance from Egypt and afterward succeeded in Jerusalem by Solomon's temple built according to the same pattern.
The sanctuary-building instructions were carefully specified in Scripture and explicitly and exactly carried out according to God's directions and the divine pattern shown to Moses in the mount. The completed work with all its furniture and equipment, including the breastplate with its gold settings and rings and the ark, was submitted to Moses for inspection as a true pattern. After Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage, when hundreds of years of slavery had unfitted them to comprehend God's great salvation and the character He required, God gave this great, multiple object-lesson to be built from free-will offerings by workmen whom He specially endowed. The completed work brought blessing and glory down upon the congregation and the building and displays God's acceptance of the people's repentance.
Breastplate Meaning and Foreshadowing
The verse belongs to the making of the high priest's breastplate, his most sacred vestment, called the breast-plate of judgment worn by the high priest. Its twelve stones bore the names of the tribes of Israel as borne upon it. That bearing of the tribal names represents Christ, the great High Priest, bearing the name of every repentant, believing soul upon His heart. Its use in the tenth-day atonement of the house of Israel was in a certain sense a day of judgment. In this it shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house or church of God that takes place before the second coming of Christ.
The verse belongs to the laws given through Moses, which include ceremonial laws and instructions about offerings and types as well as moral laws. It is part of the old-covenant shadow whose substance is to be traced in the new dispensation. It stands within the directions for building and description of the marvelously beautiful structure in Exodus 25-40, given after Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage to teach by a great, multiple object-lesson the great plan of salvation and to make God a sanctuary that He might dwell among them. By various forms and rites the structure comprehended that teaching, with every rite and furnishing as an object lesson pointing to the coming Messiah and His power to forgive sin, transform character, and deliver from burdens. That earthly, worldly tabernacle first pitched in the wilderness and afterward succeeded by Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, with its service, was typical of and foreshadowed the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, serving unto the shadow of heavenly things, until with the death of Christ and the rending of the veil its typical and shadowy service passed away entirely and forever.
The verse records the making of two gold settings and two gold rings fastened at the two ends of the breastplate. It concerns the high priest's most sacred vestment, the breastplate of judgment whose twelve stones bore the names of the tribes of Israel. That bearing of the tribal names represents Christ, the great High Priest, carrying every repentant believing soul upon His heart. The wilderness tabernacle was God's movable earthly dwelling among men and the center of Israel's worship, built exactly according to the divine pattern shown to Moses in the mount. Its furnishings and rites were a shadow of heavenly things and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, pointing to the coming Messiah and His salvation until the typical service ended forever with the death of Christ, while its tenth-day atonement shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house of God before the second coming.
Tabernacle Setting and Construction
The making described is of two ouches or settings of gold and two rings of gold, with the two rings put or attached in or at the two ends of the breastplate. This detailed work belonged to the construction of the sanctuary and its furnishings, carried out according to the pattern God showed to Moses and included among the completed work submitted to Moses for inspection as a true pattern. It shows that the ancient craftsmen had the skill to work gold and make fine jewelry.
The work belongs to the making of the sanctuary furnishings including the breastplate in Exodus 33-40, especially Exodus 35-40 or 36-40, which relate the preparation, fitting, construction and inauguration of the Tabernacle. This section completes the description and instruction given in Exodus 25-31, given to Moses in the mount, in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32. It stands within the second, chiefly legislative division of Exodus in which the ransomed people are bound to Jehovah by solemn covenant and provided with legal ordinances for guidance, devoted to Israel's organization and established worship and form of worship. The Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year from the Exodus.
The wilderness tabernacle was the earthly, worldly sanctuary built at God's command as God's movable dwelling-place among men so that He might dwell among them. It was the center of Israel's worship, which centered on the most holy place where the law of God rested beneath the mercy seat. It was first pitched in the wilderness after deliverance from Egypt and afterward succeeded in Jerusalem by Solomon's temple built according to the same pattern.
The sanctuary-building instructions were carefully specified in Scripture and explicitly and exactly carried out according to God's directions and the divine pattern shown to Moses in the mount. The completed work with all its furniture and equipment, including the breastplate with its gold settings and rings and the ark, was submitted to Moses for inspection as a true pattern. After Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage, when hundreds of years of slavery had unfitted them to comprehend God's great salvation and the character He required, God gave this great, multiple object-lesson to be built from free-will offerings by workmen whom He specially endowed. The completed work brought blessing and glory down upon the congregation and the building and displays God's acceptance of the people's repentance.
Breastplate Meaning and Foreshadowing
The verse belongs to the making of the high priest's breastplate, his most sacred vestment, called the breast-plate of judgment worn by the high priest. Its twelve stones bore the names of the tribes of Israel as borne upon it. That bearing of the tribal names represents Christ, the great High Priest, bearing the name of every repentant, believing soul upon His heart. Its use in the tenth-day atonement of the house of Israel was in a certain sense a day of judgment. In this it shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house or church of God that takes place before the second coming of Christ.
The verse belongs to the laws given through Moses, which include ceremonial laws and instructions about offerings and types as well as moral laws. It is part of the old-covenant shadow whose substance is to be traced in the new dispensation. It stands within the directions for building and description of the marvelously beautiful structure in Exodus 25-40, given after Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage to teach by a great, multiple object-lesson the great plan of salvation and to make God a sanctuary that He might dwell among them. By various forms and rites the structure comprehended that teaching, with every rite and furnishing as an object lesson pointing to the coming Messiah and His power to forgive sin, transform character, and deliver from burdens. That earthly, worldly tabernacle first pitched in the wilderness and afterward succeeded by Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, with its service, was typical of and foreshadowed the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, serving unto the shadow of heavenly things, until with the death of Christ and the rending of the veil its typical and shadowy service passed away entirely and forever.