Exodus 39:2
in Exodus 39Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
KJV
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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This verse in Exodus 39
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple
on Exodus 39:2-3
Gold is beaten into thin plates and cut into wires so it can be worked into the blue, the purple, the scarlet and the linen, and this is the only place in Scripture that describes how the thread was made. Adam Clarke argues the Israelites already knew how to draw gold wire, and that a beaten plate gave a more solid figure than a drawn thread would. The metal itself came out of Egypt at Exodus 12:35, where the people asked their neighbours for jewels of silver and gold, and the same gold went into the calf at Exodus 32:3.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he made the ephod of gold,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Ephod - See this described, Exo 25:7 (note).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Scripture describes. In verse. how they placed the gold amidst the blue.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֖עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֵפֹ֑ד | haefod | the ephod | H646 → | 49 times |
| זָהָ֗ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| תְּכֵ֧לֶת | tekhelet | violet stuff | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן | veargaman | and purple | H713 → | 38 times |
| וְתוֹלַ֥עַת | vetolaat | and scarlet stuff of | H8438 → | 43 times |
| שָׁנִ֖י | shani | scarlet | H8144 → | 42 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
| מָשְׁזָֽר׃ | mashezar | twisted | H7806 → | 21 times |
וַיַּ֖עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאֵפֹ֑דthe ephod
haefodH646 →49 times
זָהָ֗בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
תְּכֵ֧לֶתviolet stuff
tekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןand purple
veargamanH713 →38 times
וְתוֹלַ֥עַתand scarlet stuff of
vetolaatH8438 →43 times
שָׁנִ֖יscarlet
shaniH8144 →42 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand fine linen
vesheshH8336 →41 times
מָשְׁזָֽר׃twisted
mashezarH7806 →21 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach 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
Exodus 25:7and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
it leads to
- Exodus 28:4
These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 28:6–30
They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
- Exodus 28:4
Through
Leviticus 8:7He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened…
it leads to
- Galatians 3:27
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
- Exodus 29:5
Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.
- Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Romans 3:22
And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
- Galatians 3:27
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).