Exodus 39

Read Exodus 39 here or at Bible Gateway.

The Hebrew paragraphs:

38:24-39:1 {p} The gold, silver, bronze for the tabernacle + blue, purple, scarlet thread for garments of ministry
39:2-5 {s} He made the ephod
39:6-7 {p} He made the shoulders of the ephod
39:8-21 {p} He made the breastplate
39:22-26 {s} He made the robe
39:27-29 {s} He made the tunics, turbans, and sashes
39:30-31 {s} He made the crown
39:32 {p} All the work of the tabernacle was finished
39:33-43 {p} They brought the tabernacle to Moses; Moses looked over all the work and found it done according to the commandment

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

Another Hebrew word we come across in connection with scarlet is Strong’s H8438, towla, a concrete object meaning, “worm;” often used interchangeably to mean the female scarlet worm above.

If there are questions, these are good resources:

Exo 38 and 39, Materials for building – Christine Miller
Finding Messiah in Torah – Christine Miller