KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
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Exodus 28:42
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;
Surrounding context — Exodus 28
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.
41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
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וַעֲשֵׂ֤הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemמִכְנְסֵי־H4370 · mikh.nasundergarmentבָ֔דH906 · badlinenלְכַסּ֖וֹתH3680 · ka.sahto coverבְּשַׂ֣רH1320 · ba.sarfleshעֶרְוָ֑הH6172 · er.vahnakednessמִמָּתְנַ֥יִםH4975 · mo.tenloinוְעַד־H5704 · adtillיְרֵכַ֖יִםH3409 · ya.rekhthighיִהְיֽוּ׃H1961 · ha.yahto be
Cross-references
Ezekiel 44:18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird [themselves] with any thing that causeth sweat.Leviticus 16:4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these [are] holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and [so] put them on.Leviticus 6:10And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.Exodus 39:28And a mitre [of] fine linen, and goodly bonnets [of] fine linen, and linen breeches [of] fine twined linen,Revelation 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.Exodus 20:26Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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