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Exodus 39:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. "
Exodus 39:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
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Exodus 39:1
"And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses."
Exodus 39:2
"And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen."
Exodus 39:3
"And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work."
Exodus 39:4
"They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together."
Exodus 39:5
"And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses."
Exodus 39:6
"And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel."
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