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They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
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The Artistry of Worship
Commentators explain the painstaking process of creating the priestly garments. Gold was beaten into thin plates, then meticulously cut into wires. This gold thread was not woven with the fabric but was later embroidered into the finished linen, a testament to the immense skill and dedication of the artisans.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
They did beat the gold into thin plates and cut it into wires. This very primitive method of forming gold thread is nowhere else mentioned…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Exodus 39:2).
Presbyterian
The priests' garments were rich and splendid. The church in its infancy was thus taught by shadows of good things to come; but the substance is Chr…
