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Exodus 28:34

in Exodus 28

alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.

KJV

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

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This verse in Exodus 28

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Hence in person proclaims to His disciples this which we have already cited, Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. It is as though He should say in a figure through the dress of the priest: Join ye pomegranates to bells, that in all ye say ye may with cautious watchfulness keep the unity of the faith. ... According to Divine precept, to bells are added pomegranates. For what is signified by pomegranates but the unity of the faith?

This site's exposition

make the robe of the ephod all of blue

on Exodus 28:31-35

The robe worn under the ephod is all blue, and its neck opening gets a woven binding so that it be not rent. Bells of gold and pomegranates alternate around the hem, and the reason given for the bells is sound, that his sound shall be heard when he goes in and when he comes out. The people outside cannot see the priest at his work and can hear him, and the alternative the verse names is that he die not.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,.... First a golden bell and then a pomegranate, then a bell and then a pomegranate again, and so on: upon the hem of the robe round about; all round the hem or skirts of the robe were they placed in this manner: the Targum of Jonathan says, the sum or number of them were seventy one; but Maimonides (c) says there were seventy two, thirty six in each skirt; and so says R.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • פַּעֲמֹ֤ןa bell of

    paamonH6472 →7 times

  • זָהָב֙gold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • וְרִמּ֔וֹןand a pomegranate

    verimonH7416 →32 times

  • פַּֽעֲמֹ֥ןa bell of

    paamonH6472 →7 times

  • זָהָ֖בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • וְרִמּ֑וֹןand a pomegranate

    verimonH7416 →32 times

  • עַל־[will be] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • שׁוּלֵ֥י[the] skirts of

    shuleiH7757 →11 times

  • הַמְּעִ֖ילthe robe

    hameilH4598 →28 times

  • סָבִֽיב׃all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 39:26alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.3 worksSong of Solomon 8:2I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.2 worksSong of Solomon 4:3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.2 worksJohn 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.2 worksPsalms 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.2 worksColossians 1:5–6the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Song of Solomon 6:7Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.2 worksColossians 1:10so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,2 worksSong of Solomon 6:11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.2 worksJohn 15:4–8Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.2 worksSong of Solomon 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.2 worksSong of Solomon 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 15:16

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 1:5–7

      “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

    • John 15:19

      If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

    • Ephesians 2:10

      For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

    • 2 Timothy 3:15–17

      From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

    • Galatians 1:15

      But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

  • Through

    Psalms 89:15

    Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 44:3

      For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…

    • Psalms 4:6

      Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

    • Job 29:3

      when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 28 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Gregory the Dialogist, The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 2, Chapter 4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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