28:2 holy garments. The high priest, Aaron, was to be God’s representative, as it were, to the people, as well as the people’s representative to God. It was fitting, therefore that his garments be “for glory and for beauty.”

28:3 spirit of wisdom. Joshua, like these craftsmen making the beautiful garments of the high priest, was “full of the spirit of wisdom” (Deuteronomy 34:9). Two very different types of occupation are detailed, yet both were carried out “heartily, as unto the Lord” (Colossians 3:23) in the wisdom of the Spirit of God.