Holiness
Illustration★★★Divine, In the temple, every “little” ornament even of the mighty structure that crowned the cliffs of Zion was “holy” to the Lord. Not the great courts and inner shrines and pillared halls merely, but all.
Not a carven pomegranate, not a bell, silver or golden, but was ae The table and its lamps, with flowers of silver light, tent and staves, fluttering curtain and ascending incense, altar and sacrifice, breast-plate and and mitre and gem-clasped girdle, wreathen chains and jeweled hangings—over all was inscribed holy; while within, in the innermost shrine, where God manifested himself above the mercy-seat, was the holiest. ‘Thus the utter holiness of that God with whom they had to do was by every detail impressed upon the heart and conscience of ancient Israel.
Grosart.
— Grosart
The point
Every ornament of the temple, down to the smallest bell, was holy to the Lord, teaching ancient Israel that God is holy in every detail of life.
