KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 28:37
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
WEB World English Bible
You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Exodus 28
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.
37 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.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשַׂמְתָּ֤H7760 · sumto set: makeאֹתוֹ֙H853 · et[Obj.]עַל־H5921 · aluponפְּתִ֣ילH6616 · pa.tilcordתְּכֵ֔לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueוְהָיָ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beעַל־H5921 · aluponהַמִּצְנָ֑פֶתH4701 · mits.ne.phetturbanאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מ֥וּלH4136 · muloppositeפְּנֵֽי־H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶתH4701 · mits.ne.phetturbanיִהְיֶֽה׃H1961 · ha.yahto be
Cross-references
Exodus 28:31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all [of] blue.Zechariah 3:5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.Exodus 39:30-31And 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.Leviticus 8:9And 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.Exodus 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.Exodus 28:28And 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.Exodus 29:6And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.Numbers 15:38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
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