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shoulders

Meaning of “shoulders”

The upper joints and parts of the body between the neck and arms; figures of bearing or supporting a load.

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20 occurrences19 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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Exodus 12:34
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:34 · retained source text

And the people tooke their dough before it was leauened, their kneading troughes beeing bound vp in their clothes vpon their shoulders.

1611 marginal noteOr, dough.

Exodus 28:12
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 28:12 · retained source text

And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the shoulders of the Ephod, for stones of memoriall vnto the children of Israel. And Aaron shall beare their names before the LORD, vpon his two shoulders for a memoriall.

Exodus 39:7
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 39:7 · retained source text

And hee put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, that they should be stones for a memoriall to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

1611 marginal noteChap. 28.12.

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