Pomegranates

On the hem of this robe were placed golden bells and pomegranates (Ex. 28:33). These alternated, and were equal in number, though no mention is made of their number. The position of the fruit on this garment is significant: it hung low, near to the earth, and it is fruit from the earth that is mentioned; also it is fruit that belonged specially to the “holy land” (Num. 13:23; Deut. 8:8). This fruit was not found in Egypt. We may look upon it as a symbol of those who are saved — fruit that Christ, as the great High Priest, has carried into heaven from this earth. The character of the pomegranate is also significant, being a fruit full of seeds contained in a red fluid. The Lord Jesus Christ has brought every believer to God as the fruit of His shed blood; this fruit is from the earth, and is without number. “He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied” (Isa. 53:11).