Exodus 28:7

7 It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be fastened.

Exodus 28:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together.
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 It will consist of two pieces, front and back, joined at the shoulders with two shoulder-pieces.
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 Give it two shoulder pieces at two of the corners so it can be fastened.
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 It will have two shoulder straps attached at the [top] corners so that it can be fastened.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 It must have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges so that it can be joined together.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 It must have two shoulder straps joined to two of its corners.

Exodus 28:7 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:7

It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof
Which were two pieces that joined to the ephod, reaching from the arm holes to the shoulders both on the right and left, coming from before and behind; and meeting on the shoulders, were buttoned with two onyx stones, and covering the shoulders are called by this name:

joined at the two edges thereof;
the two edges of the ephod; not sewed thereunto with a needle, as Maimonides F23 and other Jewish writers think, but were woven along with it, and in the weaving was of the same with it:

and so it shall be joined together;
that is, the hinder and fore parts of the ephod in the shoulder pieces of it, shall be joined together by the two onyx stones upon them, hereafter mentioned, with which they were buttoned.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 Ut supra. (Hilchot Cele Hamikdash, c. 9. sect. 9.)

Exodus 28:7 In-Context

5 Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
6 “Make the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen—the work of skilled hands.
7 It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be fastened.
8 Its skillfully woven waistband is to be like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen.
9 “Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel
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