Exodus 39:5

5 The decorated band was made of the same material - gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and of fine twisted linen - and of one piece with it, just as God had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 39:5

(See Gill on Exodus 39:2).

Exodus 39:5 In-Context

3 They hammered out gold leaf and sliced it into threads that were then worked into designs in the blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine linen.
4 They made shoulder pieces fastened at the two ends.
5 The decorated band was made of the same material - gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and of fine twisted linen - and of one piece with it, just as God had commanded Moses.
6 They mounted the onyx stones in a setting of filigreed gold and engraved the names of the sons of Israel on them,
7 then fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the Ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites, just as God had commanded Moses.
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