Jingle jangle

On that one day (Day of Atonement) when the high priest would go twice into the Holy of Holies (),

he had jingle jangles sewn into the bottom hem of his robe…

“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 

On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns,

around its hem, with bells of gold between them… 

And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers,

and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the LORD,

and when he comes out…

Exodus 28.31, 33, 35a

The reasoning behind this mystifies me:

so that he does not die.

Exodus 28.35b

SO THAT HE DOES NOT DIE!!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way

Be careful Aaron, behind the veil,

That God does not you sla-ay

Some interpret the bells to be there

so as to inform the other folks that the priest didn’t get zapped.

But I can’t wrap myself around that concept,

because on that very holy Day of Atonement,

no one else was even allowed to be in the tabernacle

when Aaron went behind the veil.

No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time [Aaron] enters

to make atonement in the Holy Place

until he comes out and has made atonement for himself

and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel. 

Lev 16.17

So, the jingle and the jangle seem to be there strictly for God and Aaron.