KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 28:5 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And they” | וְהֵם֙ | They (only used when emphatic) | And they |
| “shall take” | יִקְח֣וּ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | take |
| “gold,” | הַזָּהָ֔ב | Gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky | gold |
| “and blue,” | הַתְּכֵ֖לֶת | The cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith | blue |
| “and purple,” | הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֑ן | Purple (the color or the dyed stuff) | purple |
| “and scarlet,” | הַשָּׁנִ֖י | Crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it | scarlet |
| “and fine linen.” | הַשֵּֽׁשׁ׃ | Bleached stuff, i.e., white linen or (by analogy) marble | fine linen |
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3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, 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.
5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
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