וירקעו את פחי הזהב וקצץ פתילים…(פקודי לט:ג)

The threads used to weave the materials were made from five different materials.

One thread of thinned gold was spun with four threads of wool and linen.  By spinning a gold thread – an expensive material – with the regular threads (e.g. Techaylas – wool dyed blue – and Argaman – wool dyed purple), which are of lesser value, this comes to teach the wealthy people that they should not consider themselves superior over their poor brethren – they should always strive to be באחדות – united, akin to the threads that were spinned together as one.