Exodus 28:31

What does Exodus 28:31 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 28:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The robe which goes with the ephod is to be made all of blue;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thou shalt make the tunic of the ephod all of violet,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thou shalt make the cloak of the ephod all of blue.

Context

v.30And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

v.31This passage

v.32And it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 39:22

    And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;

  • Exodus 28:28

    And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

  • Leviticus 8:7

    And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

  • Exodus 28:4

    And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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