Exodus 39:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִן־הַתְּכֵ֤לֶת וְהָֽאַרְגָּמָן֙ וְתוֹלַ֣עַת הַשָּׁנִ֔י עָשׂ֥וּ בִגְדֵי־שְׂרָ֖ד לְשָׁרֵ֣ת בַּקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֞וּ אֶת־בִּגְדֵ֤י הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאַהֲרֹ֔ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ פ

Transliteration

And from the təkēlet and the ʾargāmān and tôlaʿat haššānî they ʿāśû bigdê-śərād to šārēt in the qōdeš; and they wayyaʿăśû ʾet-garments of the qōdeš which for ʾahărōn, according as ṣiwwâ YHWH ʾet-mōšeh.

Grammar Details

*təkēlet*: feminine singular noun - blue/violet fabric
*ʾargāmān*: masculine singular noun - purple fabric
*tôlaʿat haššānî*: construct form - worm of scarlet/crimson fabric
*ʿāśû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they made
*bigdê-śərād*: construct form - garments of service
*šārēt*: piel infinitive construct - to minister/serve
*qōdeš*: masculine singular noun - holiness/sanctuary
*wayyaʿăśû*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural with waw consecutive - and they made
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾahărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
*ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - commanded
*YHWH*: proper divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses

Word Meanings

*təkēlet*: blue/violet/turquoise material
*ʾargāmān*: purple/red-purple material
*tôlaʿat haššānî*: crimson worm/scarlet material
*bigdê-śərād*: finely worked garments/service garments/woven garments
*šārēt*: to serve/to minister
*qōdeš*: holiness/holy place/sanctuary

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Referenced Verses

Exod 31:10 : 10 and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
Exod 35:19 : 19 the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Exod 35:23 : 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
Exod 28:2-4 : 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, 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.
Exod 25:4 : 4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 26:1 : 1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
Exod 39:41 : 41 the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Ps 93:5 : 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.
Ezek 42:14 : 14 When the priests enter in, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy: and they shall put on other garments, and shall approach to that which pertaineth to the people.
Ezek 43:12 : 12 This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
Heb 9:12 : 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
Heb 9:25 : 25 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 39:41-42
2 verses
87%
41the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
42According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
Exod 39:2-5
4 verses
86%
2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
4They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.
5And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 39:26-29
4 verses
85%
26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
27And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
28and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
29and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 31:10-11
2 verses
85%
10and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
11and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exod 35:19
84%
19the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
Exod 28:2-6
5 verses
83%
2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.
3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, 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.
5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.
Exod 39:21-22
2 verses
82%
21And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;
Exod 39:8
80%
8And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 39:31-32
2 verses
80%
31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
32Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.
Lev 8:13
79%
13And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound head-tires upon them; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 28:31
78%
31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Exod 35:6
78%
6and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 28:39-41
3 verses
78%
39And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
40And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
41And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon 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.
Exod 29:5
78%
5And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod;
Exod 36:35
77%
35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.
Exod 39:24
77%
24And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
Exod 40:13
76%
13And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exod 25:4
76%
4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 26:31
76%
31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
Exod 36:37
76%
37And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;
Lev 8:7
76%
7And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
Lev 8:36
75%
36And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses.
Exod 28:15
75%
15And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exod 36:8
75%
8And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, [Bezalel] made them.
Exod 26:1
75%
1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
2 Chr 3:14
74%
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
Exod 26:36
74%
36And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
Exod 35:23
74%
23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
Exod 29:29
74%
29And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
Lev 16:4
74%
4He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
Num 8:22
73%
22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
Lev 8:30
73%
30And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Num 15:38
73%
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 each border a cord of blue:
Lev 16:23
73%
23And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: