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Exodus 39:4

They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends it was joined together.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Colors;   Ephod;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephod, the;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Edge;   Images;   Priest, High;   Shoulder-Piece;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.
King James Version
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
Lexham English Bible
They made joined shoulder pieces for it; it was joined on its two edges.
New Century Version
They made the shoulder straps for the holy vest, which were attached to the top corners of the vest and tied together over each shoulder.
New English Translation
They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.
Amplified Bible
They made attaching shoulder pieces for the ephod; it was attached at its two [upper] edges.
New American Standard Bible
They made attaching shoulder pieces for the ephod; it was attached at its two upper ends.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the which they made shoulders to couple together: for it was closed by the two edges thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
They made joining shoulder pieces for the ephod; it was joined at its two upper ends.
Contemporary English Version
It had two shoulder straps to support it and a sash that fastened around the waist.
Complete Jewish Bible
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; they were joined together at the two ends.
Darby Translation
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joining it: at its two ends was it joined together.
Easy-to-Read Version
They made the shoulder pieces for the ephod. They tied these shoulder pieces to the two corners of the ephod.
English Standard Version
They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges.
George Lamsa Translation
They made shoulder-pieces for it, to join it together; by the two edges was it joined together.
Good News Translation
They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened.
Christian Standard Bible®
They made shoulder pieces for attaching it; it was joined together at its two edges.
Literal Translation
They made shoulderpieces for it, joined together; it was joined on its two ends.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& made it so, that ye ouerbody cote came together by the edges on both the sydes.
American Standard Version
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.
Bible in Basic English
And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they made two sydes for it, to close them vp by the two edges.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.
King James Version (1611)
They made shoulder pieces for it, to couple it together; by the two edges was it coupled together.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil;
English Revised Version
They made shoulderpieces for it, joined together: at the two ends was it joined together.
Berean Standard Bible
They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he made tweyne hemmes couplid to hem silf to gidere, in euer either side of the endis; and `he made a girdil of the same colouris,
Young's Literal Translation
shoulder-pieces they have made for it, joining; at its two ends it is joined.
Webster's Bible Translation
They made shoulder-pieces for it, to couple [it] together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
World English Bible
They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.
New King James Version
They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges.
New Living Translation
The ephod consisted of two pieces, front and back, joined at the shoulders with two shoulder-pieces.
New Life Bible
They made shoulder pieces for the linen vest, joined at its two top ends.
New Revised Standard
They made for the ephod shoulder-pieces, joined to it at its two edges.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shoulder-pieces, made they thereto, for joining, - at its two edges, was it joined.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And two borders coupled one to the other in the top on either side,
Revised Standard Version
They made for the ephod shoulder-pieces, joined to it at its two edges.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They made attaching shoulder pieces for the ephod; it was attached at its two upper ends.

Contextual Overview

1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they beat the gold into thin plates so that they could cut out wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends it was joined together. 5 And the skillfully woven band, that was on it, with which to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 6 And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the sons of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses. 8 And he made the breastplate, the work of the skillful workman, like the work of an ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the width thereof, being double. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:7 - General Exodus 28:25 - of the ephod

Cross-References

Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, O Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the son of the inheritance of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 18:3
and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, don't pass away, I pray you, from your slave:
Genesis 19:19
now see that your slave has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving-kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life; and I can't escape to the mountain, or else evil will overtake me, and I will die:
Genesis 24:2
And Abraham said to his slave, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh.
Genesis 32:5
and I have oxen, and donkeys, [and] flocks, and male slaves, and female slaves: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.
Genesis 33:8
And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand; since I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Genesis 39:4
And Joseph found favor in his eyes, and he ministered to him: and he made him "Overseer of the House", and all that he had he put into his hand.
Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
Genesis 39:8
But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Look, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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