Exodus 39:8

The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

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In The King James Version

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

In Context

7These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.

9It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;

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Cross References

Exodus 28:4This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.

Exodus 28:15And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

Psalms 89:28\89:27\And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

Ephesians 6:14Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 39:2-32

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 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. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 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. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it,… Read the whole commentary →

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