Exodus 28:7
in Exodus 28It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.
KJV
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
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This verse in Exodus 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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).
This site's exposition
They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold
on Exodus 28:6-8
The ephod is woven of the same materials as the innermost curtain of 26:1 and the veil, with gold worked in among them. The man who serves in the tent is dressed in the fabric of the tent.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁתֵּ֧י | shetei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| כְתֵפֹ֣ת | khetefot | shoulder-pieces | H3802 → | 67 times |
| חֹֽבְרֹ֗ת | choerot | joined | H2266 → | 29 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | it will be[long] | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לּ֛וֹ | lo | to <the> it | ||
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁנֵ֥י | shenei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| קְצוֹתָ֖יו | ketzotav | ends its | H7098 → | 35 times |
| וְחֻבָּֽר׃ | vechubar | and it will be joined together | H2266 → | 29 times |
שְׁתֵּ֧יtwo
sheteiH8147 →768 times
כְתֵפֹ֣תshoulder-pieces
khetefotH3802 →67 times
חֹֽבְרֹ֗תjoined
choerotH2266 →29 times
יִֽהְיֶה־it will be[long]
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לּ֛וֹto <the> it
lo
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
שְׁנֵ֥י[the] two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
קְצוֹתָ֖יוends its
ketzotavH7098 →35 times
וְחֻבָּֽר׃and it will be joined together
vechubarH2266 →29 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.