Exodus
Chapter 39
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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.
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1From the violet-blue, the purple, and the scarlet they made serad garments for serving in the holy place, and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
2He made the A special vest the priest wore. of gold, violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen.
3They hammered out the sheets of gold and cut threads, to work them into the violet-blue, into the purple, into the scarlet, and into the fine linen, the work of a designer.
4They made shoulder pieces for it, joined, on its two end, so that it was joined.
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The written form is קצותו, “its end,” singular. The Masoretic reading is קצותיו, “its ends.” The written singular is printed. The number in the phrase is two.
5The designed band of his A special vest the priest wore., which was on it, was of one piece with it and of the same work: gold, violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
6They made the shoham stones, set around in gold filigree, engraved with engravings of a seal, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
7He set them on the shoulder pieces of the A special vest the priest wore., stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
8He made the breast-piece, the work of a designer, like the work of the A special vest the priest wore.: gold, violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen.
9It was square. They made the breast-piece folded double, a span long and a span wide, folded double.
10They set in it four rows of stone. A row of odem, pitdah, and bareqet, the first row.
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The stone names are kept, as at 28:17. Modern gem names are not printed as if the Hebrew had settled them.
11The second row: nophekh, sapphire, and yahalom.
12The third row: leshem, shevo, and achlamah.
13The fourth row: tarshish, shoham, and yashfeh. They were set around in gold filigree in their settings.
14The stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, engravings of a seal, each according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
15They made on the breast-piece chains of twisted cord work, of pure gold.
16They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-piece.
17They put the two gold cords on the two rings at the ends of the breast-piece.
18The two ends of the two cords they put on the two settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the A special vest the priest wore., at the front.
19They made two gold rings and put them on the two ends of the breast-piece, on its edge that is toward the A special vest the priest wore., inward.
20They made two gold rings and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the A special vest the priest wore., underneath, at the front, close to its joining, above the designed band of the A special vest the priest wore..
21They tied the breast-piece by its rings to the rings of the A special vest the priest wore. with a violet-blue cord, so that it would stay on the designed band of the A special vest the priest wore. and the breast-piece would not come loose from the A special vest the priest wore., as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
22He made the robe of the A special vest the priest wore., the work of a weaver, all of violet-blue.
23The opening of the robe was in its middle, like the opening of a coat of mail, a binding for its opening all around, so that it would not tear.
24They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of violet-blue, purple, and scarlet, twisted.
25They made bells of pure gold and put the bells among the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around, among the pomegranates.
26A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around, for serving, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
27They made the tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons,
28the turban of fine linen, the ornamental caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of twisted fine linen,
29and the sash of twisted fine linen, violet-blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
30They made the plate of the holy diadem of pure gold, and they wrote on it an inscription, engravings of a seal: “Holy to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..”
31They put a violet-blue cord on it, to set it on the turban above, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
32All the work of the dwelling of the tent of meeting was finished. The sons of Israel did according to all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses. So they did.
33They brought the dwelling to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its clasps, its frames, its bar, its pillars, and its bases,
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The written form is בריחו, “its bar,” singular. The Masoretic reading is בריחיו, “its bars.” The written singular is printed.
34the covering of the reddened ram skins, the covering of the tachash skins, and the screen curtain,
35the chest of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest., its poles, and the cover,
36the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the presence,
37the pure lampstand, its lamps, the lamps of the row, all its utensils, and the oil for the light,
38the gold altar, the Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. oil, the spiced incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent,
39the bronze altar, the bronze grate that belonged to it, its poles and all its utensils, the basin and its stand,
40the hangings of the courtyard, its pillars and its bases, the screen for the courtyard gate, its cords and its pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the dwelling, for the tent of meeting,
41the serad garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for serving as priests.
42According to all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did all the work.
43Moses saw all the work, and look, they had done it as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded. So they had done. And Moses blessed them.