9831. Verses 5-8. And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the crimson, and the scarlet double-dyed, and the fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and crimson, of scarlet double-dyed and fine twined linen, with the work of a thinker.* It shall have two shoulders joined at the two extremities thereof; and it shall be joined together. And the girdle of his ephod, which is upon it, according to the work thereof shall be from it; of gold, of blue and crimson, and of scarlet double-dyed and fine twined linen. "And they shall take the gold," signifies good reigning universally; "and the blue, and the crimson, and the scarlet double-dyed, and the fine linen," signifies the good of charity and of faith; "and they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and crimson, of scarlet double-dyed and fine twined linen," signifies the external of the spiritual kingdom from this good; "with the work of a thinker,"* signifies from the understanding; "it shall have two shoulders joined at the two extremities thereof, and it shall be joined together," signifies the preservation by a complete unition of good and truth on all sides and forever, with all exertion and power; "and the girdle of his ephod, which is upon it," signifies an external binding-together; "according to the work thereof, shall be from it," signifies what is like and continuous from the external of the spiritual kingdom; "of gold, of blue and crimson, and of scarlet double-dyed and fine twined linen," signifies thus from the good of faith and of charity, in external things.
* skilled craftsman