Exodus 39:21

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.[a]

Exodus 39:21 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 39:21

(See Gill on Exodus 39:2).

Exodus 39:21 In-Context

19 They made two [other] gold rings and put [them] at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod.
20 They made two [more] gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the ephod's two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam, above the ephod's woven waistband.
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.

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