Details, details, details… some people really like details and others?  Not so much!  Give them the bottom line and move on.

God gave Moses detailed patterns for the clothes of the high priest.  The high priest would serve Him in the tabernacle… and he would be clothed according to God’s patterns.

In Exodus 28:6-30 the LORD God gave Moses a detailed pattern for the ephod, a sleeveless garment, to be worn on top of main garment by the high priest when he entered the tabernacle.
Part of the details included two onyx stones, one worn on each shoulder.  Six tribes of Israel would be engraved on each stone.

The LORD God also gave Moses a detailed pattern for the breastpiece of judgment, to be worn by the high priest when he entered the tabernacle.
On this garment of the high priest; twelve stones, each with a name of one of the tribes engraved on it and each stone set in gold filigree.  This breastpiece of judgment would be worn over the heart.

The LORD God gave the detailed design for the high priest’s garments.  The twelve tribes were an integral part of the details.

Follower of Christ Jesus
Do you realize how important you are to the living God?

Do you recognize God’s loving care of His own?

Do you respond to God’s care for you even in the middle of persecution, opposition and hardships?

~ Take it to heart ~

It is a continuous action
We are carried by our great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ, into the presence of God the Father.  We are carried on His shoulders and over His heart as the high priest carried the twelve tribes on his shoulders and over his heart into the presence of God.