Read Exodus 38:21-39:1 at Bible Gateway.
The Teaching Tools of Scripture
Genesis 1:1-2:3, The Teaching Tools of Scripture, part one and part two
Genesis 6, And the Strong Themes Teaching Tool
Genesis 1:1-6:8, Finding the Topic Themes of Scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
38:21-23 {s} The inventory for the tabernacle/ Bezalel made all that YHVH commanded Moses
38:24-39:1 {p} The gold, silver, bronze for the tabernacle; blue, purple, scarlet thread for garments of ministry
Strong themes of the parashah
37:25-39:1 {sx5+p} With the offering brought for the tabernacle, Bezalel made all that YHVH commanded Moses
Exodus 38:21-39:1 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Exo 38:21-39:1 Triennial Pekudei chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
The inventory of materials used to construct all that YHVH commanded Moses.
Finding Messiah in Triennial Pekudei
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made embroidered garments, for ministering in the Holy Place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as YHVH commanded Moses. Exo 39:1
The Hebrew Root Word parable for SCARLET, in Exo 39:1:
Strong’s H8144 שני shaniy, a concrete object meaning, “stuff dyed scarlet;” of uncertain derivation. The 3-letter root of the noun is shin + nun + yud.
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again
nun נ ן = the seed, thus continue, heir, son
yud י = the closed hand, thus work, throw, worship
The story: The female scarlet worm pressed her body down (shin) onto the ilex tree or leaves, affixing herself firmly. She then deposited her eggs (nun) beneath her body, which enclosed them (yud), protecting them until they hatched.
“When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. What a picture this gives of Christ, dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that he might ‘bring many sons unto glory’ (Hbr 2:10)! He died for us, that we might live through him! Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Christ. (cf. Isa 1:18).”
– Henry Morris; Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Baker Book House, 1985, p. 73
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 67 (my notes) | Jer 30 (my notes) | 2 Cor 4 (my notes)
Studies in Triennial Pekudei
Exodus 38, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 39, Bible for Beginners
Exodus 38:21-40:38, Strong themes
Exodus 38 and 39, Materials for building
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | EXODUS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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