Exodus 28:42
What does Exodus 28:42 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 28:42 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you are to make them linen trousers, covering their bodies from the middle to the knee;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness, from the reins to the thighs:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of nakedness; from the loins even to the hips shall they reach.
Context
v.41And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
v.42This passage
v.43and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 3:18
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
- Leviticus 16:4
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: they are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on.
- Exodus 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
- Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
- Ezekiel 44:18
They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat.
- Exodus 39:28
and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
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