Exodus 39
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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.
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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.
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

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

onyx stones. The meaning of the word shoham is not easily determined. It has been variously rendered a beryl, emerald, prasius??, sapphire, sardius, ruby, carnelian, onyx, and sardonyx. It may signify both the onyx and sardonyx. The latter stone is a mixture of the chalcedony and carnelian, sometimes in strata, and at other times blended together, and is found striped with white and red strata, or layers. It is generally allowed that there is no real difference, except in hardness, between the carnelian, chalcedony, agate, sardonyx, and onyx. The onyx is of a darkish horny colour, resembling the nail or hoof, from which circumstance it has its name. It has often a plate of a blueish white or red in it, and when on one or both sides of this white there appears a plate of a reddish colour, the jewellers call the stone a sardonyx.

Exodus 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

Exodus 28:9 And you shall take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of …

Exodus 35:9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

Job 28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, …

Ezekiel 28:13 You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was …

ouches. Mishbetzoth, strait places, sockets, to insert the stones in, from shavaltz, to straiten, enclose.

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

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And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

a diamond. The word yahalom may mean the diamond, from halam, to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid substance never debased with any admixture of other matter; susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely calcinable?? by any degree of fire; and of one simple and permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflections.

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

a ligure. Leshem, the ligure, the same as the jacinth, or hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny says it resembles the carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire. An agate. Shevo, the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone, quartz, amethyst, opal, joined irregularly or in layers. It is of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so variously figured in its substance as to represent plants, trees, animals, and other objects. An amethyst. Achlamah, an amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep red; and according as either prevails, affording different tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes even fading to a pale rose colour.

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

a beryl. Tarshish, a pellucid gem, of a sea or blueish green colour. a jasper. Yaspeh, the jasper, a hard stone, of which there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green, red, yellow, brown, black, etc.

And 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.
And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

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And 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.
And 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.

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And 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.
And 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.
And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

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And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

a girdle. Avnet, a belt or girdle, of the same kind as the eastern sash, which confines the loose garments about the waist; and in which their long skirts are tucked up when at work or on a journey.

Exodus 28:39 And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make …

And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

all the

Exodus 39:33,42 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, …

Exodus 25:1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 26:1 Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine …

Exodus 27:1 And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and …

Exodus 28:1 And take you to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from …

Exodus 29:1 And this is the thing that you shall do to them to hallow them, to …

Exodus 30:1 And you shall make an altar to burn incense on: of shittim wood shall …

Exodus 31:1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Exodus 35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel …

Exodus 36:1 Then worked Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man…

Exodus 37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half …

Exodus 38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits …

Exodus 39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, …

Exodus 40:1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 8:1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and …

Numbers 3:25,26,31,36,37 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation …

Numbers 4:4-32 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle …

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Exodus 39:42,43 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of …

Exodus 25:40 And look that you make them after their pattern, which was showed …

Exodus 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came …

Deuteronomy 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: you shall not …

1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings …

1 Chronicles 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his …

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: …

Hebrews 3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful …

Hebrews 8:5 Who serve to the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses …

And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,

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The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

sweet incense. Heb. the incense of sweet spice

The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

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The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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