Exodus 28:40–43
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that despises uniforms, detests distinctions, and denies definitions. Our culture is committed to a kind of egalitarian sloppiness, a casual Friday approach to reality itself. The prevailing wisdom is that what is on the outside is irrelevant, a mere shell, and that what truly matters is the sincerity of the heart, whatever that might mean on any given Tuesday. But the God of Scripture is not a vague sentimentalist. He is a God of glorious, sharp-edged particulars. And here, in the Sinai desert, He is teaching His people the grammar of holiness, and it turns out that holiness has a dress code. After the glorious and intricate detail given for the high priest's garments, the ephod, the breastpiece, the Urim and Thummim, we now come to the wardrobe for the ordinary priests, Aaron's sons.