KJV King James Version
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:
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Exodus 28:33
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,
WEB World English Bible
On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:
ASV American Standard Version
And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And thou hast made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem round about, and bells of gold in their midst round about;
Surrounding context — Exodus 28
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.
32 And 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:
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
35 And 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.
36 And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doעַל־H5921 · aluponשׁוּלָ֗יוH7757 · shulhemרִמֹּנֵי֙H7416 · rim.monpomegranateתְּכֵ֤לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueוְאַרְגָּמָן֙H713 · ar.ga.manpurpleוְתוֹלַ֣עַתH8438 · to.lawormשָׁנִ֔יH8144 · sha.niscarletעַל־H5921 · aluponשׁוּלָ֖יוH7757 · shulhemסָבִ֑יבH5439 · sa.vivaroundוּפַעֲמֹנֵ֥יH6472 · pa.a.monbellזָהָ֛בH2091 · za.havgoldבְּתוֹכָ֖םH8432 · ta.vekhmidstסָבִֽיב׃H5439 · sa.vivaround
Cross-references
2 Kings 25:17The height of the one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it [was] brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.Zechariah 14:20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.1 Kings 7:18And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that [were] upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.Exodus 39:24-26And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
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