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Chapter 38
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Exodus, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
God’s Identity and Power
Redemption and Deliverance
The Covenant
Mediators and the Priesthood
Summary
Analysis
The artisans also make the vestments for Aaron—the ephod, breastpiece with engraved precious stones, robe with alternating pomegranates and bells, tunics, and headdresses. The headdress includes an inscribed rosette that says, “Holy to the LORD.” All of this is done just as the LORD commanded Moses.
Now that the tabernacle is constructed, its priests must be outfitted. Again, the artisans follow God’s instructions exactly, showing the importance of the priesthood exactly meeting God’s specifications for holiness and their role as the “bridge” between God and the rest of Israel.
Themes
All of the work for the tabernacle of the tent of meeting is completed in this way. All of the items for the tabernacle are brought to Moses. When Moses sees that the Israelites have done this work just as the LORD commanded them, he blesses them.
As God’s representative to the people (and vice versa), Moses confirms that the people have fulfilled God’s commands.
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