And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 39:17 records the fastening of the high priest's breastplate by its two twisted gold chains set in its two end rings, as part of the fully detailed making of the wilderness tabernacle as God's dwelling place among Israel. It shows the work done exactly according to the pattern shown to Moses in the mount, whose careful inspection found it matched the command and brought blessing and manifested glory upon the finished house. The house so built was raised that God might dwell with His ransomed people and set before them in forms and rites the whole plan of salvation and His great love. That sanctuary with its services was only typical, pointing to the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man until its rites passed away at the death of Christ, while the breastplate of judgment itself shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house of God before the second coming of Christ.
Place and Construction
Exodus stands in two great parts, and this verse belongs to the second, chiefly legislative division in chapters 19-40, where the ransomed people are bound to Jehovah by solemn covenant and provided with a system of legal ordinances for guidance. More particularly it belongs to the last six chapters, chapters 35-40, which relate the preparation and fitting of the Tabernacle. That Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year from the Exodus.
It stands within the law of Moses commanded through Moses in Horeb, under the statutes and judgments with the Ten Commandments and all other precepts, civil regulations, sacrifices, offerings, and health, ceremonial and moral laws. It stands within Exodus 20 to 40 and Leviticus, which are to be remembered in the last days. They are to be remembered not for the Ten-Commandment rule of conduct alone but also for the offerings, sacrifices and types revealed there, so that the substance of the new dispensation may be traced from the shadows of the old.
In chronological order it comes in the building and setting up account in Exodus 33-40. That building and setting up came immediately afterward following the instruction concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 that God gave to Moses in the mount. That instruction in turn followed after the events of Exodus 19-32.
The verse records the carrying out of the instructions for the sanctuary given in Exodus 25 to 31. The breastplate with its gold chains and rings was made with all the other furniture and equipment of the ark just as God directed. All was made according to the pattern God showed Moses, and Moses inspected the completed work and found it matched God's command. The Lord's directions were carried out explicitly. That exact obedience brought blessing and glory down upon the congregation and the completed building. The sanctuary with its service was later inaugurated, and God's manifested glory showed that He accepted the people's repentance.
The verse describes the two wreathen chains of gold put in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. It is part of the complete description of the sanctuary and its furnishings, and of the detailed account of the building of the sanctuary and its particular furnishings. It belongs to the account of the wilderness tabernacle, the sanctuary God commanded Israel to build and instructed Israel to build so He might dwell among them. The sanctuary was made as God's dwelling place among the people.
That sanctuary was a movable dwelling-place built in the wilderness far from enemies after the command to make a sanctuary that God might dwell among His people. It was built from the free-will offerings of Israel after their deliverance from Egyptian bondage. It was constructed by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount, with dimensions, material, furnishings and all exactly according to the directions given to Moses in the mount. It was part of the explicit instructions God gave for the construction of the sanctuary He asked Israel to make for Him after He led them out of Egypt, that He might dwell among them to reveal more fully His great love. It continued after the Exodus the unfolding plan of redemption previously shown when the father of each family acted as priest in offering a lamb for sin upon an altar of rough stones. Its description, with its goldwork, is consistent with the skilled goldworking known in the ancient world long before the Exodus.
Purpose and Foreshadowing
The sanctuary to which the two gold chains belong was asked for after the leading out of Egypt, that God might dwell among His people and reveal more fully His great love. It was built from the free-will offerings of Israel after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount. It continued the unfolding plan of redemption previously shown when the father of each family acted as priest in offering a lamb for sin upon an altar of rough stones. That marvelously beautiful structure described in Exodus 25-40 was a great, multiple object-lesson comprehending the great plan of salvation by various forms and rites.
It was a movable wilderness dwelling-place built far from enemies, with dimensions, material, furnishings and all exactly according to the directions given to Moses in the mount. That ancient sanctuary answered its purpose, yet it was always typical and foreshadowed the better temple, the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. It served unto the shadow of heavenly things, with its rites and ceremonies as object lessons pointing to the Lamb of God and His power to forgive sin, transform character, and deliver from burdens. It passed away entirely and forever at the death of Christ when the veil was rent.
The chains belong to the breastplate described in Exodus 39:8-21, which is the breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest with the tribes of Israel represented on it. It belongs to the tenth-day atonement of the house of Israel, which was in a certain sense a day of judgment. It shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house of God that takes place before the second coming of Christ.
Exodus 39:17 records the fastening of the high priest's breastplate by its two twisted gold chains set in its two end rings, as part of the fully detailed making of the wilderness tabernacle as God's dwelling place among Israel. It shows the work done exactly according to the pattern shown to Moses in the mount, whose careful inspection found it matched the command and brought blessing and manifested glory upon the finished house. The house so built was raised that God might dwell with His ransomed people and set before them in forms and rites the whole plan of salvation and His great love. That sanctuary with its services was only typical, pointing to the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man until its rites passed away at the death of Christ, while the breastplate of judgment itself shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house of God before the second coming of Christ.
Place and Construction
Exodus stands in two great parts, and this verse belongs to the second, chiefly legislative division in chapters 19-40, where the ransomed people are bound to Jehovah by solemn covenant and provided with a system of legal ordinances for guidance. More particularly it belongs to the last six chapters, chapters 35-40, which relate the preparation and fitting of the Tabernacle. That Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year from the Exodus.
It stands within the law of Moses commanded through Moses in Horeb, under the statutes and judgments with the Ten Commandments and all other precepts, civil regulations, sacrifices, offerings, and health, ceremonial and moral laws. It stands within Exodus 20 to 40 and Leviticus, which are to be remembered in the last days. They are to be remembered not for the Ten-Commandment rule of conduct alone but also for the offerings, sacrifices and types revealed there, so that the substance of the new dispensation may be traced from the shadows of the old.
In chronological order it comes in the building and setting up account in Exodus 33-40. That building and setting up came immediately afterward following the instruction concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 that God gave to Moses in the mount. That instruction in turn followed after the events of Exodus 19-32.
The verse records the carrying out of the instructions for the sanctuary given in Exodus 25 to 31. The breastplate with its gold chains and rings was made with all the other furniture and equipment of the ark just as God directed. All was made according to the pattern God showed Moses, and Moses inspected the completed work and found it matched God's command. The Lord's directions were carried out explicitly. That exact obedience brought blessing and glory down upon the congregation and the completed building. The sanctuary with its service was later inaugurated, and God's manifested glory showed that He accepted the people's repentance.
The verse describes the two wreathen chains of gold put in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. It is part of the complete description of the sanctuary and its furnishings, and of the detailed account of the building of the sanctuary and its particular furnishings. It belongs to the account of the wilderness tabernacle, the sanctuary God commanded Israel to build and instructed Israel to build so He might dwell among them. The sanctuary was made as God's dwelling place among the people.
That sanctuary was a movable dwelling-place built in the wilderness far from enemies after the command to make a sanctuary that God might dwell among His people. It was built from the free-will offerings of Israel after their deliverance from Egyptian bondage. It was constructed by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount, with dimensions, material, furnishings and all exactly according to the directions given to Moses in the mount. It was part of the explicit instructions God gave for the construction of the sanctuary He asked Israel to make for Him after He led them out of Egypt, that He might dwell among them to reveal more fully His great love. It continued after the Exodus the unfolding plan of redemption previously shown when the father of each family acted as priest in offering a lamb for sin upon an altar of rough stones. Its description, with its goldwork, is consistent with the skilled goldworking known in the ancient world long before the Exodus.
Purpose and Foreshadowing
The sanctuary to which the two gold chains belong was asked for after the leading out of Egypt, that God might dwell among His people and reveal more fully His great love. It was built from the free-will offerings of Israel after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount. It continued the unfolding plan of redemption previously shown when the father of each family acted as priest in offering a lamb for sin upon an altar of rough stones. That marvelously beautiful structure described in Exodus 25-40 was a great, multiple object-lesson comprehending the great plan of salvation by various forms and rites.
It was a movable wilderness dwelling-place built far from enemies, with dimensions, material, furnishings and all exactly according to the directions given to Moses in the mount. That ancient sanctuary answered its purpose, yet it was always typical and foreshadowed the better temple, the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. It served unto the shadow of heavenly things, with its rites and ceremonies as object lessons pointing to the Lamb of God and His power to forgive sin, transform character, and deliver from burdens. It passed away entirely and forever at the death of Christ when the veil was rent.
The chains belong to the breastplate described in Exodus 39:8-21, which is the breastplate of judgment worn by the high priest with the tribes of Israel represented on it. It belongs to the tenth-day atonement of the house of Israel, which was in a certain sense a day of judgment. It shadows forth the investigative judgment of the house of God that takes place before the second coming of Christ.