Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
Those that wear robes of honour must look upon them as clothes of service; from those upon whom honour is put, service is expected. The Son of man Himself came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. And mark how each account of these garments ends with 'as the Lord commanded Moses', a pattern for all God's ministers, to make His word their rule in all their ministrations.
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Commenting on Exodus 39:1-31
The gold was beaten into thin plates, cut into wires, and twisted together with the yarn, one thread of pure gold with six threads of blue, then the same with purple, scarlet, and linen, making twenty-eight threads total. This precise method shows how the sacred garments were constructed exactly as the law required, the gold woven into the very fabric of the ephod and breastplate.
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Ephod - See this described, Exo 25:7 (note).