And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;
And he maketh the upper robe of the ephod, work of a weaver, completely of blue;
And he made the cloak of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;
Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
