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New King James Version

Exodus 39:24

They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Colors;   Ephod;   Pomegranate;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture-Horticulture;   Fruit, Natural;   Pomegranates;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pomegranate-Tree, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cloth, Clothing;   Hem;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Pomegranate;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hem of the Garment;   Pomegranates, Rimmon;   Scarlet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ouches;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pomegranate;   Priest, High;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
King James Version
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Lexham English Bible
And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of finely twisted blue and purple and crimson.
New Century Version
Then they made balls like pomegranates of blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen and hung them around the bottom of the outer robe.
New English Translation
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.
Amplified Bible
On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.
New American Standard Bible
And they made pomegranates of violet, purple, and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they made vpon the skirts of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen twined.
Legacy Standard Bible
They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.
Contemporary English Version
Along the hem of the robe were woven pomegranates of blue, purple, and red wool with a bell of pure gold between each of them. This robe was to be worn by Aaron when he performed his duties.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the bottom hem they made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet, and woven linen;
Darby Translation
And they made on the skirts of the cloak pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet, twined.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then they used fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn to make the cloth pomegranates. They hung these pomegranates around the bottom edge of the robe.
English Standard Version
On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.
George Lamsa Translation
And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twined linen.
Good News Translation
All around its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Christian Standard Bible®
They made pomegranates of finely spun blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on the lower hem of the robe.
Literal Translation
And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and crimson, bleached, twined linen .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beneth vpon ye hemme of it, they made pomgranates of yalow sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned sylke:
American Standard Version
And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Bible in Basic English
The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the tunicle they made hemmes with pomgranates of blewe silke, purple, scarlet, and whyte twyned silke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
King James Version (1611)
And they made vpon the hemmes of the robe pomegranates, of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linnen.
English Revised Version
And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Berean Standard Bible
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a goldun litle belle, and a piyn apple; with whiche the bischop yede ourned, whanne he `was set in seruyce, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
Young's Literal Translation
and they make on the hems of the upper robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, twined.
Update Bible Version
And they made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and of scarlet.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
World English Bible
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
New Living Translation
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
New Life Bible
They made pomegranates of blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen, to put all around the bottom of this clothing.
New Revised Standard
On the lower hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they made upon the skirts of the robe, pomegranates - of blue and purple and crimson, - twined.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To wit, a bell of gold, and a pomegranate, wherewith the high priest went adorned, when he discharged his ministry, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Revised Standard Version
On the skirts of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.

Contextual Overview

1 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, [fn] for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 3 And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs. 4 They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges. 5 And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 6 And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel. 7 He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 8 And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 9 They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they made: Exodus 28:33

pomegranates: Galatians 5:22

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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