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Exodus 39:2–3

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The Ephod

39:2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. 39:3They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave2 them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer.

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  1. 2 The verb is the infinitive that means “to do, to work.” It could be given a literal rendering: “to work [them into] the blue.…” Weaving or embroidering is probably what is intended.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen—the work of skilled hands.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen in a skillful design.

NLTNew Living Translation

Bezalel made the ephod of finely woven linen and embroidered it with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread. He made gold thread by hammering out thin sheets of gold and cutting it into fine strands. With great skill and care, he worked it into the fine linen with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. And he hammered out the leaves of gold, and he cut off cords to weave in the midst of the blue and in the midst of the purple and in the midst of the crimson and in the midst of the linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And 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.