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Exodus 39:26
alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the artisans completing the hem of the high priest’s robe during the tabernacle construction. The account notes their direct execution of the specific instructions previously given to Moses.
The words — שׁוּלֵי (shu.Lei) denotes the skirts or hem, and סָבִיב (sa.Viv) specifies that the attached bells and pomegranates were placed all around it.
The thread — This hem construction parallels the earlier command in Exodus 28:34 for alternating gold bells and pomegranates around the robe’s lower edge. The broader garment regulations appear in Deuteronomy 22:12 regarding cloak tassels and in Song of Solomon 4:3 using pomegranate imagery for a brow behind a veil.
Why it lands — The text demands precise obedience to the structural details of the priestly vestments. It requires the reader to recognize that the prescribed order of the hem’s components is non-negotiable for the robe’s designated ministry use.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses.
Cross-references
- Exodus 28:34 alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.
- Deuteronomy 22:12 You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
- Song of Solomon 4:3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
- Song of Solomon 4:13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
- Song of Solomon 6:7 Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
- Matthew 9:20 Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.