Exodus 39:22

The Other Garments

39:22 He made the robe of the ephod completely blue, the work of a weaver.

Exodus 39:27

39:27 They made tunics of fine linen – the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons –

Exodus 28:32

28:32 There is to be an opening ¹  in its top ²  in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, ³  like the opening of a collar, ⁴  so that it cannot be torn. ⁵ 

Exodus 35:35

35:35 He has filled them with skill ⁶  to do all kinds of work ⁷  as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are ⁸  craftsmen in all the work ⁹  and artistic designers. ¹⁰ 

[28:32]  ¹ tn Heb “mouth” or “opening” (פִּי, pi; in construct).

[28:32]  ² tn The “mouth of its head” probably means its neck; it may be rendered “the opening for the head,” except the pronominal suffix would have to refer to Aaron, and that is not immediately within the context.

[28:32]  ³ tn Or “woven work” (KJV, ASV, NASB), that is, “the work of a weaver.” The expression suggests that the weaving was from the fabric edges itself and not something woven and then added to the robe. It was obviously intended to keep the opening from fraying.

[28:32]  ⁴ tn The expression כְּפִי תַחְרָא (kÿfi takhra’) is difficult. It was early rendered “like the opening of a coat of mail.” It occurs only here and in the parallel 39:23. Tg. Onq. has “coat of mail.” S. R. Driver suggests “a linen corselet,” after the Greek (Exodus, 308). See J. Cohen, “A Samaritan Authentication of the Rabbinic Interpretation of kephi tahra’,” VT 24 (1974): 361-66.

[28:32]  ⁵ tn The verb is the Niphal imperfect, here given the nuance of potential imperfect. Here it serves in a final clause (purpose/result), introduced only by the negative (see GKC 503-4 §165.a).

[35:35]  ¹ tn The expression “wisdom of heart,” or “wisdom in heart,” means artistic skill. The decisions and plans they make are skilled. The expression forms a second accusative after the verb of filling.

[35:35]  ² tn The expression “all the work” means “all kinds of work.”

[35:35]  ³ tn Here “They are” has been supplied.

[35:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “doers of all work.”

[35:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “designers of designs.”