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Text -- Exodus 39:1-21 (NET)
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The Making of the Priestly Garments
39:1 From the blue , purple , and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary ; they made holy garments that were for Aaron , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
The Ephod
39:2 He made the ephod of gold , blue , purple , scarlet , and fine twisted linen .
39:3 They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue , purple , and scarlet yarn , and into the fine linen , the work of an artistic designer .
39:4 They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners , so it could be joined together.
39:5 The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, of gold , blue , purple , and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
39:6 They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings , engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel .
39:7 He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
The Breastpiece of Decision
39:8 He made the breastpiece , the work of an artistic designer , in the same fashion as the ephod , of gold , blue , purple , and scarlet , and fine twisted linen .
39:9 It was square – they made the breastpiece doubled , nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled .
39:10 They set on it four rows of stones : a row with a ruby , a topaz , and a beryl – the first row ;
39:11 and the second row , a turquoise , a sapphire , and an emerald ;
39:12 and the third row , a jacinth , an agate , and an amethyst ;
39:13 and the fourth row , a chrysolite , an onyx , and a jasper . They were enclosed in gold filigree settings .
39:14 The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel , twelve , corresponding to the number of their names . Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal .
39:15 They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold ,
39:16 and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings , and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece .
39:17 They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece ;
39:18 the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings , and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.
39:19 They made two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece on its edge , which is on the inner side of the ephod .
39:20 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod , close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod .
39:21 They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord , so that it was above the waistband of the ephod , so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Priest |
Colors |
Tabernacle |
Gold |
Israel |
PRIEST, HIGH |
Ephod |
Breastplate |
Stones |
Engraving |
High priest |
TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE |
Seal |
STONES, PRECIOUS |
OUCHES |
SHOULDER-PIECE |
IMAGES |
Ligure |
RING |
Diamond |
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NET Notes: Exo 39:1 This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.
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NET Notes: Exo 39:3 The verb is the infinitive that means “to do, to work.” It could be given a literal rendering: “to work [them into] the blue…....
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NET Notes: Exo 39:6 The twelve names were those of Israel’s sons. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons as such, but the twelve tribes that bore their...
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