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Exodus 39:2

The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Colors;   Ephod;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ephod;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ephod;   Easton Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Embroider;   High Priest;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cloth, Clothing;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Lace;   Leviticus;   Spinning and Weaving;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ephod;   Scarlet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High priest;   Ouches;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephod (1);   Images;   Priest, High;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made the efod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
King James Version
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Lexham English Bible
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen.
New Century Version
They made the holy vest of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen.
New English Translation
He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
Amplified Bible
Bezalel made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.
New American Standard Bible
He made the ephod of gold and of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he made the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made the ephod of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.
Contemporary English Version
The entire priestly vest was made of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Thin sheets of gold were hammered out and cut into threads that were skillfully woven into the vest.
Complete Jewish Bible
(RY: v, LY: ii) He made the ritual vest of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely woven linen.
Darby Translation
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus.
Easy-to-Read Version
They made the ephod from gold thread, fine linen, and blue, purple, and red yarn.
English Standard Version
He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
George Lamsa Translation
And they made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Good News Translation
They made the ephod of fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; and gold thread.
Christian Standard Bible®
Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.
Literal Translation
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and twined bleached linen .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he made the ouer body cote, of golde, yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned sylke,
American Standard Version
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made the Ephod of golde, blewe silke, purple, scarlet, and whyte twyned silke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
King James Version (1611)
And he made the Ephod of gold, blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the offering of silver from the men that were numbered of the congregation a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, one drachm apiece, even the half shekel, according to the holy shekel.
English Revised Version
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Berean Standard Bible
Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor he made the `cloth on the schuldris of gold, iacynt, and purpur, and of reed selk twies died,
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen,
Update Bible Version
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the ephod [of] gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
World English Bible
He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
New King James Version
He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.
New Living Translation
Bezalel made the ephod of finely woven linen and embroidered it with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
New Life Bible
Bezalel made the linen vest of gold and blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen.
New Revised Standard
He made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he made the ephod, - of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine twined linen,
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he made an ephod of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen,
Revised Standard Version
And he made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.
THE MESSAGE
Ephod. They made the Ephod using gold and blue, purple, and scarlet fabrics and finely twisted linen. They hammered out gold leaf and sliced it into threads that were then worked into designs in the blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine linen. They made shoulder pieces fastened at the two ends. The decorated band was made of the same material—gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and of fine twisted linen—and of one piece with it, just as God had commanded Moses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made the ephod of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

Contextual Overview

1 And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses. 2 The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen; 3 Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer. 4 And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms. 5 And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses. 6 Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel. 7 These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses. 8 The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red. 9 It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand; 10 And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 25:7, Exodus 28:6-12, Leviticus 8:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:2 - holy garments Exodus 28:4 - ephod Exodus 28:5 - gold Exodus 39:18 - ephod

Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
Genesis 26:24
That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
Genesis 26:28
And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
Genesis 28:15
And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
Genesis 39:9
So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?
Genesis 39:10
And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.
Genesis 39:20
And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.
Genesis 39:21
But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.
Genesis 39:22
And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.
1 Samuel 3:19
And Samuel became older, and the Lord was with him and let not one of his words be without effect.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 2-31. And he made the ephod of gold,.... From hence to the end of verse thirty one we have a very particular account of the making of the priest's garments exactly according to the directions given to Moses, :- c. to end of chapter twenty eight only it may be observed, that here in Exodus 39:3 an account is given of the manner in which they made the gold fit to be worked along with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; they beat the gold into thin plates, and then cut them into wires, and then twisted them together with the yarn: the gold that was used in the weaving of the ephod and the breastplate, spoken of in the law, was wrought after this manner; the workman took one thread of pure gold, and put it with six threads of blue, and twisted the seven threads as one, and so he wrought a thread of gold with six of purple, and another thread with six of scarlet, and another with six of linen or flax, so that there were four threads of gold, and all the threads were twenty eight, as it is said; "they did beat" or spread out "the gold", c. "to work in the midst of blue", c. from whence is learnt that the thread of gold was twisted in the midst of them y: and it may be further observed, that after the enumeration of the stones in the breastplate, Exodus 39:10 no mention is made of the Urim and Thummim, which seems to confirm the opinion of many, and which is my own, that they are the same with the stones: moreover, in Exodus 39:28, it may be observed, that what the coats for the common priests were made of is expressed, which is not before, which was linen expressive of their purity and holiness, and in which they ought always to appear before God and man, and in which apparel they have been imitated among the Heathens: the priests of Hercules are said to be clothed with linen z, and the Egyptian priests wore only a linen garment a hence the priests of Isis, with whom she is represented as surrounded by Juvenal b, are called by him "grex liniger", and by Martial, "linigeri" c.

y Maimon. Cele Hamikdash, c. 9. sect. 5. z Silius Ital. de Bell. Punic. l. 3. a Herodot. Euterpe sive, l. 2. c. 38. b Satyr. 6. c L. 12. Epigram. 26.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 39:2. Ephod — See this described, Exodus 25:7. Exodus 25:7; Exodus 25:7.


 
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