Exodus 39:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Breastpiece of Decision He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

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  • Exod 25:7 : 7 onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.
  • Exod 28:4 : 4 Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.
  • Exod 28:13-29 : 13 You are to make filigree settings of gold 14 and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings. 15 “You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. 16 It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide. 17 You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl– the first row; 18 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; 19 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They are to be enclosed in gold in their filigree settings. 21 The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal. 22 “You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold, 23 and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece. 24 You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece; 25 the other two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. 26 You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod. 27 You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod. 28 They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod. 29 Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
  • Lev 8:8-9 : 8 He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece. 9 Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Ps 89:28 : 28 I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.
  • Isa 59:17 : 17 He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 28:14-16
    3 verses
    91%

    14and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

    15“You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

    16It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

  • Exod 39:1-7
    7 verses
    91%

    1The Making of the Priestly Garments From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    2The Ephod He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

    3They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer.

    4They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.

    5The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    6They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

    7He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 28:4-6
    3 verses
    87%

    4Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.

    5The artisans are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

    6“They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.

  • Exod 39:15-22
    8 verses
    86%

    15They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

    16and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

    17They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

    18the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

    19They made two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod.

    20They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

    21They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it was above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    22The Other Garments He made the robe of the ephod completely blue, the work of a weaver.

  • Exod 28:8
    85%

    8The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

  • Exod 39:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9It was square– they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.

    10They set on it four rows of stones: a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl– the first row;

  • Exod 28:26-28
    3 verses
    82%

    26You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod.

    27You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

    28They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod.

  • Exod 39:27-31
    5 verses
    82%

    27They made tunics of fine linen– the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons–

    28and the turban of fine linen, the headbands of fine linen, and the undergarments of fine twisted linen.

    29The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    30They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal,“Holiness to the LORD.”

    31They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 36:35
    81%

    35He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

  • Exod 35:9
    80%

    9onyx stones, and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

  • Exod 28:22-24
    3 verses
    80%

    22“You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

    23and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

    24You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

  • Exod 39:24
    79%

    24They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.

  • Lev 8:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band.

    8He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece.

  • Exod 28:39
    79%

    39You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer.

  • Exod 25:7
    79%

    7onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.

  • Exod 26:31
    79%

    31“You are to make a special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

  • Exod 36:8
    79%

    8The Building of the Tabernacle All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

  • Exod 28:31
    79%

    31“You are to make the robe of the ephod completely blue.

  • 2 Chr 3:14
    78%

    14He made the curtain out of blue, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

  • Exod 35:27
    77%

    27The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted for the ephod and the breastpiece,

  • Exod 36:37
    77%

    37He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,

  • Exod 29:5
    76%

    5and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband.

  • Exod 28:33
    76%

    33You are to make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet all around its hem and bells of gold between them all around.