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Brenton's Septuagint

Exodus 39:23

And Moses saw all the works; and they had done them all as the Lord commanded Moses, so had they made them; and Moses blessed them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Habergeon;   Priest;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Habergeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Collar;   Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cloth, Clothing;   Habergeon;   Hem;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Band;   Habergeon;   Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Scarlet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armor;   Arms;   Ouches;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Band;   Cloak;   Habergeon;   Priest, High;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The opening of the robe in the midst of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
King James Version
And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
Lexham English Bible
And the opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a sturdy garment, with an edge for its opening all around so that it would not be torn.
New Century Version
They made a hole in the center of the outer robe, with a woven collar sewn around it so it would not tear.
New English Translation
There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn.
Amplified Bible
there was an opening [for the head] in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of armor, with a hem around it, so that it would not be frayed or torn.
New American Standard Bible
and the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding all around its opening, so that it would not be torn.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the hole of the robe was in the middes of it, as the coller of an habergeon, with an edge about the coller, that it shoulde not rent.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding all around its opening, so that it would not be torn.
Contemporary English Version
with an opening in the center for the head. The material around the collar was bound so as to keep it from raveling.
Complete Jewish Bible
with its opening in the middle, like that of a coat of mail, and with a border around the opening, so that it wouldn't tear.
Darby Translation
and the opening of the cloak in its middle, as the opening of a coat of mail; a binding was round about the opening, that it should not rend.
Easy-to-Read Version
They made a hole in the center of the robe and sewed a piece of cloth around the edge of this hole. This cloth kept the hole from tearing.
English Standard Version
and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear.
George Lamsa Translation
And the opening of the robe was within it, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the opening, that it might not be torn.
Good News Translation
The hole for the head was reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing.
Christian Standard Bible®
There was an opening in the center of the robe like that of body armor with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.
Literal Translation
And the mouth of the robe in its middle was like the mouth of a corselet, the edge of its mouth all around, that it might not be torn.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& the hole therof aboue in the myddest, & a bonde folde together rounde aboute the hole, that it shulde not rente.
American Standard Version
and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.
Bible in Basic English
With a hole at the top in the middle, like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, edged with a band to make it strong.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there was a hole in the myddest of the tunicle, as the coller of a partlet, with a bande rounde about the coller, that it shoulde not rent.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.
King James Version (1611)
And there was a hole in the midst of the robe as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rent.
English Revised Version
and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.
Berean Standard Bible
with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and litle bellis of pureste gold, whiche thei settiden bitwixe pum garnadis, in the `lowest part of the coote, bi cumpas;
Young's Literal Translation
and the opening of the upper robe [is] in its midst, as the opening of a habergeon, a border [is] to its opening round about, it is not rent;
Update Bible Version
And the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [there was] a hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band around the hole, that it should not rend.
World English Bible
The opening of the robe in the midst of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
New King James Version
And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.
New Living Translation
with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar so it would not tear.
New Life Bible
There was an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening it was sewed like the opening on heavy battle-clothes, so it could not be torn.
New Revised Standard
and the opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening in a coat of mail, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not be torn.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
with the opening of the robe in the midst thereof, like the opening of a coat of mail, - a border to the opening thereof round about it might not be rent open.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And little bells of the purest gold, which they put between the pomegranates at the bottom of the tunic round about:
Revised Standard Version
and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, that it might not be torn.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding all around its opening, so that it would not be torn.

Contextual Overview

1 All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was of the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel. 2 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. 3 Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the number of six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 4 And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil; 5 a hundred chapiters to the hundred talents, a talent to a chapiter. 6 And the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he formed into hooks for the pillars, and he gilt their chapiters and adorned them. 7 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and a thousand five hundred shekels; 8 and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness, 9 and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about; 10 and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: John 19:23 - woven

Cross-References

Genesis 39:2
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:3
And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospers in his hands whatsoever he happens to do.
Genesis 39:4
And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph.
Genesis 39:11
it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household within.
Genesis 39:23
Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hand of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands.
1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.
Isaiah 43:2
And if thou pass through water, I am with thee; and the rivers shall not overflow thee: and if thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned; the flame shall not burn thee.
Daniel 6:22
My God has sent his angel, and stopped the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me: for uprightness was found in me before him; and moreover before thee, O king, I have committed no trespass.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 39:23. As the hole of a habergeon — The habergeon or hauberk was a small coat of mail, something in form of a half shirt, made of small iron rings curiously united together. It covered the neck and breast, was very light, and resisted the stroke of a sword. Sometimes it went over the whole head as well as over the breast. This kind of defensive armour was used among the Asiatics, particularly the ancient Persians, among whom it is still worn. It seems to have been borrowed from the Asiatics by the Norman crusaders.


 
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