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Additional Priestly Garments

Exodus 28:37

In 11 translations

BSB
Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
KJV
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
WEB
You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash. It shall be on the front of the sash.
ASV
And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
LSV
and you have put it on a blue ribbon, and it has been on the turban—it is toward the front of the face of the turban;
YLT
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;
DBY
And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban — upon the front of the turban shall it be.
DRC
And thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet, and it shall be upon the mitre,
GNV
And thou shalt put it on a blew silke lace, and it shalbe vpon the miter: euen vpon the fore front of the miter shall it be.
JPS
And thou shalt put it on a thread of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
LXXE
And thou shalt put it on the spun blue cloth, and it shall be on the mitre: it shall be in the front of the mitre.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְשַׂמְתָּ֤ אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־פְּתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת וְהָיָ֖ה עַל־הַמִּצְנָ֑פֶת אֶל־מ֥וּל פְּנֵֽי־הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶת יִהְיֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπιθήσεις αὐτὸ ἐπὶ ὑακίνθου κεκλωσμένης· καὶ ἔσται ἐπὶ τῆς μίτρας, κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς μίτρας ἔσται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 28:28The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.
  • Exodus 28:31You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
  • Leviticus 8:9Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
  • Exodus 28:4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as…
  • Exodus 29:6Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.
  • Zechariah 3:5Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.
  • Exodus 39:30–31They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had…
  • Numbers 15:38“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 28:33 in some Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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