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Complete Jewish Bible

Exodus 39:24

On the bottom hem they made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet, and woven linen;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Colors;   Ephod;   Pomegranate;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture-Horticulture;   Fruit, Natural;   Pomegranates;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Pomegranate-Tree, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cloth, Clothing;   Hem;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Pomegranate;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hem of the Garment;   Pomegranates, Rimmon;   Scarlet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ouches;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pomegranate;   Priest, High;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
King James Version
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Lexham English Bible
And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of finely twisted blue and purple and crimson.
New Century Version
Then they made balls like pomegranates of blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen and hung them around the bottom of the outer robe.
New English Translation
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.
Amplified Bible
On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.
New American Standard Bible
And they made pomegranates of violet, purple, and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they made vpon the skirts of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen twined.
Legacy Standard Bible
They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.
Contemporary English Version
Along the hem of the robe were woven pomegranates of blue, purple, and red wool with a bell of pure gold between each of them. This robe was to be worn by Aaron when he performed his duties.
Darby Translation
And they made on the skirts of the cloak pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet, twined.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then they used fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn to make the cloth pomegranates. They hung these pomegranates around the bottom edge of the robe.
English Standard Version
On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen.
George Lamsa Translation
And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twined linen.
Good News Translation
All around its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Christian Standard Bible®
They made pomegranates of finely spun blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on the lower hem of the robe.
Literal Translation
And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and crimson, bleached, twined linen .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And beneth vpon ye hemme of it, they made pomgranates of yalow sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned sylke:
American Standard Version
And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Bible in Basic English
The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the tunicle they made hemmes with pomgranates of blewe silke, purple, scarlet, and whyte twyned silke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
King James Version (1611)
And they made vpon the hemmes of the robe pomegranates, of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linnen.
English Revised Version
And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Berean Standard Bible
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
a goldun litle belle, and a piyn apple; with whiche the bischop yede ourned, whanne he `was set in seruyce, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
Young's Literal Translation
and they make on the hems of the upper robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, twined.
Update Bible Version
And they made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and of scarlet.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].
World English Bible
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
New King James Version
They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen.
New Living Translation
They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
New Life Bible
They made pomegranates of blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen, to put all around the bottom of this clothing.
New Revised Standard
On the lower hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they made upon the skirts of the robe, pomegranates - of blue and purple and crimson, - twined.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To wit, a bell of gold, and a pomegranate, wherewith the high priest went adorned, when he discharged his ministry, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Revised Standard Version
On the skirts of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.

Contextual Overview

1 From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made the garments for officiating, for serving in the Holy Place; and they made the holy garments for Aharon, as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 2 (RY: v, LY: ii) He made the ritual vest of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely woven linen. 3 They hammered the gold into thin plates and cut them into threads in order to work it into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and the fine linen crafted by the skilled artisan. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; they were joined together at the two ends. 5 The decorated belt on the vest, used to fasten it, was of the same workmanship and materials — gold; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; and finely twined linen — as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 6 They worked the onyx stones, mounted in gold settings, engraving them with the names of the sons of Isra'el as they would be engraved on a seal. 7 Then he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the vest to be stones calling to mind the sons of Isra'el, as Adonai had ordered Moshe. 8 He made the breastplate; it was crafted by a skilled artisan and made like the work of the ritual vest — of gold; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; and finely woven linen. 9 When folded double, the breastplate was square — doubled, it was a hand-span by a hand-span. 10 They set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they made: Exodus 28:33

pomegranates: Galatians 5:22

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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