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Exodus 39:4 KJV
Exodus · chapter 39 · verse 4
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.Exodus 39:4 · King James Version
Exodus 39:4 in context
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, with cunning work.
4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
5And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
6And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shoulderpieceskâthêphthe shoulder (properH3802 →
- togetherchâbarto joinH2266 →
- edgesqâtsâha terminationH7098 →
- edgesqetseva limitH7099 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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In this account of the making of the priests' garments, according to the instructions given (ch. 28), we may observe, 1. That the priests' garments are called here clothes of service, Exo 39:1. Note, Those that wear robes of honour must look upon them as clothes of service;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-31