The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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Passages linked to Exodus 28:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 28:27-28 You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
- Exodus 29:5 You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and clothe him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
- Leviticus 8:7 He put the tunic on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him and fastened it to him with it.
- Exodus 39:20-21 They made two more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
- 1 Peter 1:13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
- Revelation 1:13 And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which went about his upmost coat.
Which went about his upmost coat.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The girdle of the ephod was for the closer…
The girdle of the ephod was for the closer fastening and girding of it. Which is upon it: this is added to distinguish it from the other girdle, Exo 28:4, which was to gird all the garments, and was tied in a lower place.
Of the same; either,
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1. Of the same piece; or rather,
2. Of the same kind of materials and workmanship, as the following words explain it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is…
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it,.... Which was worn along with it, and went out from it like two thongs, as Jarchi says, which girt the ephod close to the back and breast:
shall be of the same; of the same matter as the ephod, and woven in the same manner, and together with it:
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according to the work thereof; wrought with the same coloured, curious, and cunning work:
even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; and from the gold in it, it was called a golden girdle, to distinguish it from others, and with it the priest was girt under the arm holes about the paps, to which the allusion is, Rev 1:13 and is an emblem of the close union of the human nature of Christ to his divine which is the effect of his love to his people; which, as it is seen in his incarnation, so more especially in his sufferings and death; and it may denote his strength to do his work as a priest, his readiness to perform it, and his faithfulness and integrity in it; righteousness being the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. The curious girdle of the ephod] The…
Verse 8. The curious girdle of the ephod] The word חשב chesheb, rendered here curious girdle, signifies merely a kind of diaper, or embroidered work; (See Clarke on Ex 26:1;) and it is widely different from אבנט abnet, which is properly translated girdle, Ex 28:4. The meaning therefore of the text, according to some, is this, that the two pieces, Ex 28:7, which connected the parts of the ephod at the shoulders where the onyx stones were set, should be of the same texture with the ephod itself, i.e., of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, embroidered together. But others suppose that some kind of a girdle is meant, different from the abnet, Ex 28:39, being only of plain workmanship.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Work. Hebrew, "all the work, and the girdle, shall…
Work. Hebrew, "all the work, and the girdle, shall be of the same" materials, and net sewed on afterwards. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. The curious girdle — By means of which…
8. The curious girdle — By means of which the two pieces of the ephod were to be fastened about the body. These were of the same material as the rest. Comp. Exo_28:6.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. And the artistically woven band (or simply, And…
8. And the artistically woven band (or simply, And the band: see below) of its attachment, which is upon it, shall be, &c.] ‘Artistically woven band’ is in the Heb. one word, ḥçsheb, cognate apparently with ḥôshçb, ‘designer,’ v. 6. As however the entire ephod was to be of the same material, and the ḥçsheb was indeed to be of the same piece with it, it is not apparent why the term should be applied to this particular part of the entire fabric: hence many suppose ḥçsheb to be derived by metathesis from ḥçbesh (from ḥâbash, to bind on), and to mean simply band (cf. késheb, and kébesh, both = ‘lamb’). Whichever etymology be adopted, the general sense remains the same: the band, as the following words shew, was to be of the same work, and the same piece, as the ephod itself, though perhaps of a different pattern, so as to form a border along the bottom of the ephod. The word is used only of this band of the ephod: vv. 27, 28, Exo_29:5 (|| Lev_8:7), Exo_39:5; Exo_39:20-21†.
of its attachment] cognate with ‘ephod’; the word which in Isa_30:22 is rendered ‘plating’ (viz. of gold round an idol), probably lit. encasement. The rend. ‘to gird’ is not sufficiently distinctive.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) The curious girdle.—The word khésheb, which is thus…
(8) The curious girdle.—The word khésheb, which is thus translated, means properly “device,” “ornamental work,” and has not in itself the sense of “belt” or “girdle.” Still, there is no reason to doubt that the khêsheb of the ephod was in fact a girdle, as Josephus calls it (Ant. Jud., iii. 7, §4), though named from the peculiar skill displayed in its patterning. Josephus says it was “a girdle dyed of many hues, with gold interwoven in it.”
Shall be of the same.—Not sewn on, but woven continuously with the front or back piece.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The curious girdle. Josephus says of the ephod, zwnh…
The curious girdle. Josephus says of the ephod, zwnh perisfiggetai bammasi diapepoikilmenh crusou sunufasmenou, "it is fastened with a girdle dyed of many hues, with gold interwoven in it." Hence its name, khesheb, which means properly "device" or "cunning work." Of the ephod. Rather "of its girdingi.e. "wherewith it (the ephod) was to be girded." Shall be of the same. Compare above, Exo_25:19. The girdle was to be "of one piece" with the ephod, woven on to it as part of it, not a separate piece attached by sewing. According to the work thereof. Rather, "of like workmanship with it."
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