Exodus 28:6 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 28:6

They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.

KJV

And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The ephod was fastened by a girdle of the same costly materials, that is, dyed, embroidered, and wrought with threads of gold. It was about a handbreadth wide and wound twice round the upper part of the waist; it fastened in front, the ends hanging down at great length (Re 1:13).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשׂ֖וּ	ve.'a.Su	and they will make	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאֵפֹ֑ד	ha.'e.Fod	the ephod	H646 →
זָ֠הָב	za.ho	gold	H2091 →
תְּכֵ֨לֶת	te.Khe.let	violet stuff	H8504 →
וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן	ve.'ar.ga.Man	and purple	H713 →
תּוֹלַ֧עַת	to.La.'at	scarlet stuff of	H8438 →
שָׁנִ֛י	sha.Ni	scarlet	H8144 →
וְשֵׁ֥שׁ	ve.Shesh	and fine linen	H8336 →
מָשְׁזָ֖ר	ma.she.Zar	twisted	H7806 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	ma.'a.Seh	[the] work of	H4639 →
חֹשֵֽׁב׃	cho.Shev	a skillful worker	H2803 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 26:1
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
leads to
- Exodus 36:8–19
  All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…
- Exodus 26:36
  For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
- Exodus 36:35
  Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 25:18
  Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 26:31
  Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

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