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Exodus 39:31

In 11 translations

BSB
Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
KJV
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
WEB
They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
ASV
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
LSV
and they put a ribbon of blue on it, to put [it] on the turban above, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
YLT
and they put on it a ribbon of blue, to put [it] on the mitre above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
DBY
And they fastened to it a lace of blue, to fasten [it] on the turban above; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
DRC39:30
And they fastened it to the mitre with a violet fillet, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
GNV
And they tied vnto it a lace of blewe silke to fasten it on hie vpon the miter, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
JPS
And they tied unto it a thread of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as the LORD commanded Moses.
LXXE36:38
And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ עָלָיו֙ פְּתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת לָתֵ֥ת עַל־הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶת מִלְמָ֑עְלָה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃
LXX-Br36:38
Καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὸ λῶμα ὑακίνθινον, ὥστε ἐπικεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν μίτραν ἄνωθεν, ὅν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

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  • 36:40 in some Bibles
  • 39:31 in most Bibles

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