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Exodus 28 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, even Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron; | “Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. | “Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. | |
| 2 | and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty; | And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. | Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honor. | |
| 3 | and thou -- thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me. | You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. | Tell all the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest. | |
| 4 | And these are the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me. | These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. | These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests. | |
| 5 | 'And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen, | They shall receive gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. | Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen. | |
| 6 | and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; | “And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked. | “Make the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen—the work of skilled hands. | |
| 7 | it hath two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined. | It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together. | It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be fastened. | |
| 8 | And the girdle of his ephod which is on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. | And the skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. | Its skillfully woven waistband is to be like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen. | |
| 9 | 'And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel; | You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, | “Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel | |
| 10 | six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births; | six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. | in the order of their birth—six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other. | |
| 11 | the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered with gold, thou dost make them. | As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. | Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings | |
| 12 | 'And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod -- stones of memorial to the sons of Israel -- and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial. | And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for remembrance. | and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the LORD. | |
| 13 | 'And thou hast made embroidered things of gold, | You shall make settings of gold filigree, | Make gold filigree settings | |
| 14 | and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things. | and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings. | and two braided chains of pure gold, like a rope, and attach the chains to the settings. | |
| 15 | 'And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it; | “You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it. | “Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions—the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. | |
| 16 | it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth. | It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth. | It is to be square—a span long and a span wide—and folded double. | |
| 17 | And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle is the first row; | You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; | Then mount four rows of precious stones on it. The first row shall be carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; | |
| 18 | and the second row is emerald, sapphire, and diamond; | and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; | the second row shall be turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; | |
| 19 | and the third row is opal, agate, and amethyst; | and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; | the third row shall be jacinth, agate and amethyst; | |
| 20 | and the fourth row is beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings, | and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree. | the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper. Mount them in gold filigree settings. | |
| 21 | and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes. | There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. | There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. | |
| 22 | 'And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold; | You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. | “For the breastpiece make braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. | |
| 23 | and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate; | And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. | Make two gold rings for it and fasten them to two corners of the breastpiece. | |
| 24 | and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate; | And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. | Fasten the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, | |
| 25 | and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put them on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face. | The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. | and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. | |
| 26 | And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which is over-against the ephod within; | You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. | Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. | |
| 27 | and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod, | And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. | Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. | |
| 28 | and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod. | And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod. | The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband, so that the breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod. | |
| 29 | 'And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually. | So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the LORD. | “Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the LORD. | |
| 30 | 'And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually. | And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the LORD regularly. | Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD. | |
| 31 | 'And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue, | “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. | “Make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, | |
| 32 | and the opening for its head hath been in its midst, a border is to its opening round about, work of a weaver, as the opening of a habergeon there is to it; it is not rent. | It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear. | with an opening for the head in its center. There shall be a woven edge like a collar around this opening, so that it will not tear. | |
| 33 | 'And thou hast made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem round about, and bells of gold in their midst round about; | On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, | Make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn around the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them. | |
| 34 | a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate are on the hems of the upper robe round about. | a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. | The gold bells and the pomegranates are to alternate around the hem of the robe. | |
| 35 | 'And it hath been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound hath been heard in his coming in unto the sanctuary before Jehovah, and in his going out, and he doth not die. | And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the LORD, and when he comes out, so that he does not die. | Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so that he will not die. | |
| 36 | 'And thou hast made a flower of pure gold, and hast opened on it -- openings of a signet -- 'Holy to Jehovah;' | “You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’ | “Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: holy to the Lord. | |
| 37 | and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre -- over-against the front of the mitre it is; | And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. | Fasten a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban. | |
| 38 | and it hath been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron hath borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel do hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it hath been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before Jehovah. | It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. | It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and he will bear the guilt involved in the sacred gifts the Israelites consecrate, whatever their gifts may be. It will be on Aaron’s forehead continually so that they will be acceptable to the LORD. | |
| 39 | 'And thou hast embroidered the coat of linen, and hast made a mitre of linen, and a girdle thou dost make -- work of an embroiderer. | “You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash embroidered with needlework. | “Weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen. The sash is to be the work of an embroiderer. | |
| 40 | 'And for the sons of Aaron thou dost make coats, and thou hast made for them girdles, yea, bonnets thou dost make for them, for honour and for beauty; | “For Aaron’s sons you shall make coats and sashes and caps. You shall make them for glory and beauty. | Make tunics, sashes and caps for Aaron’s sons to give them dignity and honor. | |
| 41 | and thou hast clothed Aaron thy brother with them, and his sons with him, and hast anointed them, and hast consecrated their hand, and hast sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me. | And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. | After you put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint and ordain them. Consecrate them so they may serve me as priests. | |
| 42 | 'And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs; | You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs; | “Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh. | |
| 43 | and they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him. | and they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they go into the tent of meeting or when they come near the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bear guilt and die. This shall be a statute forever for him and for his offspring after him. | Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. “This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants. | |
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