Exodus 39:23

23 There was an opening in the center of the robe like that for body armor[a] with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

Exodus 39:23 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 39:23

(See Gill on Exodus 39:2).

Exodus 39:23 In-Context

21 Then they tied the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the ephod's waistband and did not come loose from the ephod. [They did] just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 They made the woven robe of the ephod entirely of blue yarn.
23 There was an opening in the center of the robe like that for body armor with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.
24 They made pomegranates of finely spun blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on the lower hem of the robe.
25 They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates, all around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates,

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