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Exodus 39:11From 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 31:10Exod 35:19Exod 35:23Heb 9:12Heb 9:25Exod 28:2-4Ezek 42:14Ezek 43:12Ps 93:5Exod 25:4
Exodus 39:22He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:6-12Lev 8:7Exod 25:7
Exodus 39:33They 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 26:1Exod 36:8
Exodus 39:44They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:55The 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 28:20Rev 1:131 Cor 11:23Exod 28:8Exod 29:5Isa 11:5Lev 8:7
Exodus 39:66They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:9Ezek 28:13Job 28:16Exod 25:7Exod 35:9
Exodus 39:77He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 4:7Exod 28:12Exod 28:29Mark 14:22-25Mark 14:9Neh 2:20
Exodus 39:88He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:4Eph 6:14Exod 28:13-29Isa 59:17Lev 8:8-9Ps 89:28
Exodus 39:99It was square—they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:1010They set on it four rows of stones: a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl—the first row;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:16-17Exod 28:21Rev 21:19-21
Exodus 39:1111and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:18Ezek 28:13
Exodus 39:1212and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:1313and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold filigree settings.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:1414The 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:12
Exodus 39:1515They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 10:281 Pet 1:52 Chr 3:5Exod 28:14John 17:12Jude 1:1Song 1:10
Exodus 39:1616and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 25:12
Exodus 39:1717They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:1818the 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:14Song 1:10
Exodus 39:1919They 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:2020They 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 26:3
Exodus 39:2121They 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:251 Cor 1:27Matt 16:24
Exodus 39:2222He made the robe of the ephod completely blue, the work of a weaver.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:31-35
Exodus 39:2323There 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.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:2424They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:33Gal 5:22
Exodus 39:2525They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:33-34Ps 89:15Song 4:13
Exodus 39:2626There was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe, to be used in ministering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:34Deut 22:12Matt 9:20Song 4:13Song 4:3Song 6:7
Exodus 39:2727They made tunics of fine linen—the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons—Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 44:181 Pet 1:13Exod 28:39-42Gal 3:27Isa 61:10Lev 8:13Phil 2:6-8Rom 13:14Rom 3:22
Exodus 39:2828and the turban of fine linen, the headbands of fine linen, and the undergarments of fine twisted linen.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:4Exod 28:39Exod 28:42Ezek 44:18
Exodus 39:2929The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:39
Exodus 39:3030They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, “Holiness to the Lord.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 7:26Rev 5:10Exod 28:36-39Heb 1:31 Cor 1:302 Cor 5:21Exod 26:36Titus 2:14Zech 14:20
Exodus 39:3131They attached to it a blue cord to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:3232So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses—they did it exactly so.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 39:42-43Exod 25:40Matt 28:201 Chr 28:191 Sam 15:22Deut 12:32Exod 25:1-31Exod 35:1-35Exod 39:33Exod 40:32
Exodus 39:3333They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 25:1-30Exod 31:7-11Exod 35:11-19Exod 36:1-38
Exodus 39:3434and the coverings of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the protecting curtain;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Exodus 39:3535the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 25:17Heb 9:5Heb 9:8
Exodus 39:3636the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 7:48Exod 25:30
Exodus 39:3737the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:15Exod 25:31Exod 27:21Matt 5:14-16
Exodus 39:3838and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 30:72 Chr 2:4Exod 25:6Exod 30:3Exod 31:11Exod 35:8Exod 37:29
Exodus 39:3939the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:64Exod 38:30
Exodus 39:4040the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway of the courtyard, its ropes and its tent pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 27:9-16
Exodus 39:4141the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:2Exod 31:10Exod 39:1
Exodus 39:4242The Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 35:102 Tim 2:152 Tim 4:7Deut 12:32Exod 23:21-22Exod 25:1-31Exod 39:32Matt 28:20
Exodus 39:4343Moses inspected all the work, and they had done it just as the Lord had commanded—they had done it exactly—and Moses blessed them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 9:22-23Num 6:23-271 Kgs 8:142 Chr 30:272 Sam 6:182 Chr 6:3Gen 1:31Gen 14:19Josh 22:6Ps 104:31
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