Êxodo 26

Êxodo 26

Spurgeon comments - Oriental princes put on their glorious apparel and then sit in state within curtains, and the Lord is spoken of under that image: but how far above all comprehension the figure must be lifted, since the robe is essential light, to which suns and moons owe their brightness, and the curtain is the azure sky studded with stars for gems. This is a substantial argument for the truth with which the psalmist commenced his song, "O Lord my God, thou art very great." POSB - The first covering was made of ten linen curtains that served as the inside ceiling and walls (Exodus 26:1-6). This inner covering would be what the priests would see as they ministered in the Holy Place and in the Most Holy Place. To behold such a striking beauty was the greatest of privileges, a privilege that no one else would have. Each trip inside the Tabernacle was an experience beyond description. It was a trip into the presence of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, into the presence of the LORD God Himself (Jehovah, Yahweh). The curtains symbolized purity and righteousness. The priest who entered into the Tabernacle never lost sight of God's character. As he looked up and studied the curtains, he saw the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn—all twisted and sewn together to make the linen. He knew what the colors meant: the blue represented the heavenly nature of God, the purple His kingly nature, and the scarlet His humility in receiving and accepting man through sacrifice. The priest was bound to be caught up in the worship of God, in all that God is. (Preacher's Outline & Sermon Bible – Exodus II) Bruckner notes that finely twisted linen, specifically, blue, purple and scarlet thread (NIV has “yarn”) with slight variations, appears twenty-four times in Exodus 25–40. The result would be a regal tricolored cloth into which they wove, or worked in by some other method, the cherubim design. (Exodus (Understanding the Bible Commentary)