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Exodus 28:4–10

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And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
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.
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
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From verse 4

  1. Ephesians 6:14Rank 1 from verse 4
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    14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

  2. Revelation 9:17Rank 2 from verse 4
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    17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:8Rank 3 from verse 4
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    8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

  4. Exodus 28:39–40Rank 4 from verse 4
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    39¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.

    40¶ And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.

  5. Isaiah 59:17Rank 5 from verse 4
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    17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

  6. 1 Samuel 2:18Rank 6 from verse 4
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    18¶ But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

  7. 1 Samuel 22:18Rank 7 from verse 4
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    18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

  8. 1 Samuel 23:6Rank 8 from verse 4
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    6And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

  9. 1 Samuel 30:7Rank 9 from verse 4
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    7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.

  10. 2 Samuel 6:14Rank 10 from verse 4
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    14And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

  11. Exodus 28:6–35Rank 11 from verse 4
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    6¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

    7It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

    8And 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.

    9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

    10Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

    11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

    12And 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.

    13¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold;

    14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

    15¶ And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

    16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

    17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.

    18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

    19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

    20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

    21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

    22¶ And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

    23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

    24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

    25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

    26¶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.

    27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

    28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

    29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.

    30¶ And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.

    31¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

    32And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

    33¶ And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

    34A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

    35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

  12. Exodus 39:2–5Rank 12 from verse 4
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    2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

    3And 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.

    4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

    5And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  13. Exodus 39:25–26Rank 13 from verse 4
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    25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

    26A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  14. Exodus 39:28Rank 14 from verse 4
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    28And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

  15. Exodus 39:8–22Rank 15 from verse 4
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    8¶ 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.

    9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

    10And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

    11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

    12And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

    13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

    14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

    15And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

    16And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

    17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

    18And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

    19And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

    20And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

    21And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.

    22¶ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

  16. Isaiah 11:5Rank 16 from verse 4
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    5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

  17. Leviticus 8:7–9Rank 17 from verse 4
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    7And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

    8And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

    9And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Moses.

From verse 5

  1. Exodus 25:3–4Rank 1 from verse 5
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    3And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

    4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

  2. Exodus 39:2–3Rank 2 from verse 5
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    2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

    3And 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.

From verse 6

  1. Exodus 26:1Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1MOREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

  2. Exodus 39:2–7Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

    3And 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.

    4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

    5And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.

    6¶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

    7And 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.

From verse 7

  1. Exodus 39:4Rank 1 from verse 7
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    4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

From verse 8

  1. Exodus 28:27–28Rank 1 from verse 8
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    27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

    28And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

  2. Exodus 29:5Rank 2 from verse 8
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    5And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

  3. Leviticus 8:7Rank 3 from verse 8
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    7And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

  4. 1 Peter 1:13Rank 4 from verse 8
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    13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  5. Exodus 39:20–21Rank 5 from verse 8
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    20And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

    21And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  6. Isaiah 11:5Rank 6 from verse 8
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    5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

  7. Revelation 1:13Rank 7 from verse 8
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    13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

From verse 9

  1. Ezekiel 28:13Rank 1 from verse 9
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    13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

  2. 2 Chronicles 2:7Rank 2 from verse 9
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    7Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

  3. Exodus 28:20Rank 3 from verse 9
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    20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.

  4. Exodus 28:36Rank 4 from verse 9
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    36¶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

  5. Exodus 39:13Rank 5 from verse 9
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    13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

  6. Exodus 39:6Rank 6 from verse 9
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    6¶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

  7. Genesis 2:12Rank 7 from verse 9
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    12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  8. Isaiah 49:16Rank 8 from verse 9
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    16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

  9. Job 28:16Rank 9 from verse 9
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    16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

  10. Song of Solomon 8:6Rank 10 from verse 9
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    6¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

From verse 10

  1. Exodus 1:1–4Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1NOW these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

    4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

  2. Genesis 43:33Rank 2 from verse 10
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    33And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

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DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:4

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

breastplate

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Sense 1: Armour or a protective covering worn over the breast. Sense 2: The high priest's breastpiece.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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robe

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A kind of gown or long loose garment worn over other dress, particularly by persons in elevated stations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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girdle

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A belt, sash, or band worn around the waist or body to bind or secure clothing or other items.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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minister

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Sense 1: As a noun, one who serves, attends, or executes an appointed charge or office. Sense 2: As a verb, to serve, attend, or perform service. Sense 3: To give, afford, supply, convey, or cause what is named to be supplied.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:5

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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blue

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Sense 1: The colour called blue. Sense 2: Material, thread, or clothing of that colour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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purple

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A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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scarlet

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Sense 1: A bright red colour. Sense 2: Dye, thread, cloth, or a garment of that colour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fine

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1. Of cloth or workmanship, delicate or finely made. 2. Of flour or meal, finely ground or prepared. 3. Of gold or other metal, pure, refined, or of high quality. 4. As a verb, to refine or purify metal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:6

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

blue

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Sense 1: The colour called blue. Sense 2: Material, thread, or clothing of that colour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

purple

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A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

scarlet

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Sense 1: A bright red colour. Sense 2: Dye, thread, cloth, or a garment of that colour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fine

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1. Of cloth or workmanship, delicate or finely made. 2. Of flour or meal, finely ground or prepared. 3. Of gold or other metal, pure, refined, or of high quality. 4. As a verb, to refine or purify metal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

cunning

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Skilful, expert, knowledgeable, ingenious, or artfully made in a craft, work, music, hunting, or another practice; where joined to deceit, subtly artful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:7

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

joined

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Connected, fastened, united, associated, attached, adjoining, or brought together.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

edges

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Plural form of edge (the cutting border, outer limit, or boundary of something).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:8

COMBINED MEANING

curious

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1. Skilfully or intricately wrought. 2. Of practices or arts, magical.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

girdle

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A belt, sash, or band worn around the waist or body to bind or secure clothing or other items.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

blue

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Sense 1: The colour called blue. Sense 2: Material, thread, or clothing of that colour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

purple

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A reddish-blue colour; cloth or clothing of that colour, often associated with wealth or royalty.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

scarlet

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Sense 1: A bright red colour. Sense 2: Dye, thread, cloth, or a garment of that colour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fine

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1. Of cloth or workmanship, delicate or finely made. 2. Of flour or meal, finely ground or prepared. 3. Of gold or other metal, pure, refined, or of high quality. 4. As a verb, to refine or purify metal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:9

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

names

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Sense 1: Words or titles by which persons or things are known. Sense 2: Reputation, authority, or the persons named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Exodus 28:10

COMBINED MEANING

names

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Sense 1: Words or titles by which persons or things are known. Sense 2: Reputation, authority, or the persons named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stone

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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rest

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Sense 1: To cease from labour or motion, lie still, settle, remain, or rely; also repose, peace, security, or an abiding place. Sense 2: The remaining persons or things after a part is distinguished.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

birth

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Sense 1: The act or process of coming into life or bringing forth. Sense 2: That which is born; offspring. Sense 3: Origin, lineage, or one's place or condition as determined by birth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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28:1AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

28:2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

28:3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

28:4And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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28:5And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

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28:6¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

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28:7It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

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28:8And 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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28:9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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28:10Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

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28:11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

28:12And 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.

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