Pomegranates' role in priestly garments?
What significance do the pomegranates hold in Exodus 39:24 for the priestly garments?

Exodus 39:24 “They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen on the hem of the robe.”

• Literal woven fruit decorating the high-priestly robe (Exodus 28:33–34; 39:25–26)

• Visual emblem of covenant abundance and fruitfulness (Deuteronomy 8:8; Numbers 13:23)

• Reminder that obedience yields life and blessing, as multitudinous as the seeds (Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:7–8)

• Paired with gold bells to unite silent fruit with audible testimony of holiness (Exodus 28:35)

• Foreshadowing the spiritual fruit produced by believers through the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23; John 15:8)

How does Exodus 39:24 reflect God's attention to detail in worship?
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