Thurs, 10/11 – High Priest haute couture in Exodus 28
October 8, 2007
“Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finish, often using time-consuming, hand-executed techniques.” - Wikipedia
Well, that pretty much sums up the excesses of fashion detail in Exodus 28, describing garments for the great high priest. Wikipedia calls this “one of the least readable potions of the Torah”, but I think it’s truly fabulous and can’t wait to bible study it with you all…
This THURSDAY @ 7pm
Coffee Shop, 29 Union Square West
Ask for Transmission or call 646 245-7346
I’ll bring copies of the text (which you can also read ahead of time online), illustrations of the garments described, and discussion points…
- Do we believe making “sacred garments” can “give dignity and honor”? Ex 28:2
Have you ever head of the Urim and Thummim? Ex 28:30 They were special objects of divination… which make appearances on Yale’s shield (along with their popular Latin translation Lux et Veritas, for Light and Truth), in Joseph Smith’s account of how he found the Book of Mormon, and in Paulo Coelho’s novel, The Alchemist.
What clothes do you know which incorporate sound in their design? Exodus 28:33-35 gives instructions for pomegranates and bells to be alternated around the hem of the high priest’s robe, that will be heard when he enters the Holy Place, so that he will not die! Today, POM Wonderful just tells us to drink their pomegranates so that we will not die…
- And what are your thoughts on special undergarments, like the ones that must be worn by high priests in holy places “so that they will not incur guilt and die”? Ex 28:43