They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
The verse describes shoulderpieces made for the ephod to couple it together, joined at its two edges. The ephod was a richly embroidered garment, and on its shoulders the high priest bore two onyx stones engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel. The skilled workmanship in the account accords with evidence that fine textile work and goldworking were practiced in ancient times.
The verse belongs to the account of the inner tabernacle that Israel erected in the wilderness at God's command, where earthly worship centered. It records one of the particulars of the building of the sanctuary that God instructed Israel to build so He might dwell among them, made according to the pattern shown to Moses in the mount. It is part of the directions and description of the marvelously beautiful sanctuary structure in Exodus 25-40, a great multiple object-lesson comprehending the plan of salvation given to Israel after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, built from free-will offerings of all that would be used so God might dwell among them and constructed by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount.
It is part of the record in Exodus 35 to 40 of carrying out the explicit directions for the sanctuary given in Exodus 25 to 31, showing how the ark with all its furniture and equipment was built just as God directed, and belongs with the blessing and glory that came down upon the congregation and the building when it was completed. It belongs to the account of building and inaugurating the sanctuary and its services, where the manifestation of God's glory at the end showed His acceptance of the people's repentance. It is part of the building and setting up of the sanctuary recorded in Exodus 33-40, which came immediately after the instruction concerning the sanctuary given to Moses in the mount in Exodus 25-31, following in order the events recorded in Exodus 19-32.
It is part of the description in Exodus 25-40 of the worldly sanctuary first pitched in the wilderness after Israel came out of Egypt and reached Mount Sinai, constructed by the people of God as a movable dwelling-place that God might dwell among them with its dimensions, material, furnishings, and all exactly according to the explicit directions given to Moses in the mount, which answered every purpose for which it was constructed yet was always typical of and foreshadowed the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. It belongs to the law given through Moses, which includes more than the Ten Commandments and encompasses statutes and judgments, civil regulations, laws about conduct, health, sacrifices, offerings, ceremonies, and moral duties, and the laws concerning offerings and sacrifices reveal types that help trace the substance of the new dispensation from the shadows of the old.
The verse describes shoulderpieces made for the ephod to couple it together, joined at its two edges. The ephod was a richly embroidered garment, and on its shoulders the high priest bore two onyx stones engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel. The skilled workmanship in the account accords with evidence that fine textile work and goldworking were practiced in ancient times.
The verse belongs to the account of the inner tabernacle that Israel erected in the wilderness at God's command, where earthly worship centered. It records one of the particulars of the building of the sanctuary that God instructed Israel to build so He might dwell among them, made according to the pattern shown to Moses in the mount. It is part of the directions and description of the marvelously beautiful sanctuary structure in Exodus 25-40, a great multiple object-lesson comprehending the plan of salvation given to Israel after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, built from free-will offerings of all that would be used so God might dwell among them and constructed by workmen specially endowed by God according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount.
It is part of the record in Exodus 35 to 40 of carrying out the explicit directions for the sanctuary given in Exodus 25 to 31, showing how the ark with all its furniture and equipment was built just as God directed, and belongs with the blessing and glory that came down upon the congregation and the building when it was completed. It belongs to the account of building and inaugurating the sanctuary and its services, where the manifestation of God's glory at the end showed His acceptance of the people's repentance. It is part of the building and setting up of the sanctuary recorded in Exodus 33-40, which came immediately after the instruction concerning the sanctuary given to Moses in the mount in Exodus 25-31, following in order the events recorded in Exodus 19-32.
It is part of the description in Exodus 25-40 of the worldly sanctuary first pitched in the wilderness after Israel came out of Egypt and reached Mount Sinai, constructed by the people of God as a movable dwelling-place that God might dwell among them with its dimensions, material, furnishings, and all exactly according to the explicit directions given to Moses in the mount, which answered every purpose for which it was constructed yet was always typical of and foreshadowed the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man. It belongs to the law given through Moses, which includes more than the Ten Commandments and encompasses statutes and judgments, civil regulations, laws about conduct, health, sacrifices, offerings, ceremonies, and moral duties, and the laws concerning offerings and sacrifices reveal types that help trace the substance of the new dispensation from the shadows of the old.