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Text: Exodus 39: 8-21

MEDITATION

Exodus 39:8-21

8 And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.
9 They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled.
10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;
11 the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13 the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.
14 There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.
15 And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold.
16 They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
18 The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.
19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod.
20 They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.
21 And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The further work of Bezalel

a. The priestly breastplate

b. Artistic weaving was required.

c. As was required in the making of an ephod, skill was needed to make the breastplate.

2. Semi-precious gems were used

a. Each tribe was represented by a particular gem.

b. The name of each tribe was engraved on the stones.

3. The breastplate and the ephod

a. They were bound together.

b. The breastplate must not come loose from the ephod.

c. This was to highlight the close relationship between:

i. The High Priest

ii. The congregation of Israel

4. The design of the Breastplate

a. This was stated in Exodus 28:15-20.

b. The breastplate was made according to its design (Exodus 39:8-21).

经文：出埃及记 39:8-21

沉思

《出埃及记 39:8-21》
8他用巧匠的手工做胸牌，和以弗得一样的做法，用金线与蓝色、紫色、朱红色线并捻的细麻做的。
9胸牌是四方的，叠为两层，这两层长一虎口，宽一虎口，
10上面镶着宝石四行：第一行是红宝石、红璧玺、红玉，
11第二行是绿宝石、蓝宝石、金钢石，
12第三行是紫玛瑙、白玛瑙、紫晶，
13第四行是水苍玉、红玛瑙、碧玉。这都镶在金槽中。
14这些宝石都是按着以色列十二个儿子的名字，仿佛刻图书，刻十二个支派的名字。
15在胸牌上，用精金拧成如绳子的链子。
16又做两个金槽和两个金环，安在胸牌的两头。
17把那两条拧成的金链子穿过胸牌两头的环子，
18又把链子的那两头接在两槽上，安在以弗得前面肩带上。
19做两个金环，安在胸牌的两头，在以弗得里面的边上。
20又做两个金环，安在以弗得前面两条肩带的下边，挨近相接之处，在以弗得巧工织的带子以上。

21用一条蓝细带子把胸牌的环子和以弗得的环子系住，使胸牌贴在以弗得巧工织的带子上，不可与以弗得离缝，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 比撒列其他的手工

a. 祭司的胸牌

b. 必须用线精心地并捻而成

c.制造胸牌和以弗得一样需要技巧

2. 所用的半宝石

a. 每一个宝石代表一个支派

b. 支派的名字刻在宝石上

3. 胸牌和以弗得

a. 这两件衣物系在一起

b. 胸牌和以弗得必须紧紧地系在一起

c. 这代表着密切的关系：

i. 大祭司

ii. 以色列的子民

4. 胸牌的设计

a. 这记载在《出埃及记 28:15-20》

b. 胸牌按照这设计而造 《出埃及记 39:8-21》