Exodus 39:30–31
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We are allergic to dress codes, to assigned roles, and to any external marker that suggests an internal, objective reality. Our culture champions the autonomous self, the naked will, the idea that we can be whoever or whatever we declare ourselves to be on any given Tuesday. The modern mind wants to believe that identity is something we invent, not something we receive. In the book of Exodus, after the great deliverance from Egypt and the great apostasy with the golden calf, God gives Israel the pattern for His tabernacle. This is God teaching His people the grammar of holiness. Every fabric, every color, every piece of furniture is a vocabulary lesson in how a sinful people can approach a holy God. The verses before us today describe the capstone of this priestly attire. It is a small detail, easily overlooked in the grand tapestry of the tabernacle.