Exodus 39:25
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
The making of bells of pure gold to be set between pomegranates around the hem of the robe shows that skilled work in gold and other crafts was practiced in ancient times, and the bells themselves were made for the high priest's robe. The detail is one of the building particulars of the sanctuary that God commanded Israel to build in the wilderness so that He might dwell among them. Earthly worship of God centered on this sanctuary, especially the holy of holies, where the law rested beneath the mercy seat.
The detail belongs to the closing chapters of Exodus that relate the preparation, building, fitting, and setting up of the Tabernacle, recorded in Exodus 33-40. That building account comes in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32 and immediately carries out the instructions concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 given to Moses in the mount. The Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year from the Exodus, and these last six chapters relate its preparation and fitting.
The sanctuary structure described in Exodus 25-40 was marvelously beautiful and was built by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount. The record in Exodus 35-40 shows the work with all its furniture and equipment was built just as God directed. Its parts were made according to God's command and inspected by Moses as a true pattern. When the sanctuary and its services were built and inaugurated just as directed, blessing and glory came down upon the congregation and the building when completed. The manifestation of God's glory showed His acceptance of the people's repentance.
The detail is part of the laws given through Moses, which include ceremonial laws as well as moral laws, statutes, and judgments. These laws include offerings, sacrifices, and types that reveal the substance of the new dispensation through the shadows of the old. This earthly sanctuary and its service were a figure of the heavenly sanctuary and a shadow of heavenly things. Its rites pointed to Christ and His power to forgive sin and transform character, and its typical service ended with Christ's death.