Exodus 28:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 28:5

3 So ^ayou shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, ^bwhom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest.

4 And these are the garments which they shall make: ^aa breastplate, ^ban ephod, ^ca robe, ^da skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and ^ea sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

5 “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen,

6 ^aand they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked.

7 It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together.

8 And the intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

9 “Then you shall take two onyx ^astones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

10 six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their ^abirth.

11 With the work of an ^aengraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.

12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So ^aAaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders ^bas a memorial.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 28:5

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American Standard Version
And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

Amplified® Bible
They shall receive [from the people] {and} use gold, and blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine linen.

Contemporary English Version
Only gold and fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool, are to be used for making these clothes.

Darby English Version
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus,

Good News Bible
The skilled workers are to use blue, purple, and red wool, gold thread, and fine linen.

King James Version
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

New American Standard Bible
"They shall take the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet {material} and the fine linen.

New International Version
Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

New King James Version
“They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"They shall take the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen.

Revised Standard Version
"They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet stuff, and fine twined linen.

Young's Literal Translation
`And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

New English Translation
The artisans¹ are to use² the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

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