Exodus 39:15

Exodus 39:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.
• New International Version (NIV)For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold.

Context of Exodus 39:15

13and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings. 14The twelve stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the twelve tribes. They made braided chains of pure gold cord for the breastpiece. 16They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners. 17Then they attached the two gold cords to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece.

Exodus 39:15 word by word

וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ עַל־הַחֹ֛שֶׁן שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת גַּבְלֻ֖ת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה עֲבֹ֑ת זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• upon the breastplateחֹ֫שֶׁןchôshen · breastpieceH2833
• chainsשַׁרְשְׁרָהsharsherâh · chainH8333
• at the endsגַּבְלֻתgablûth · twistsH1383
• wreathenעֲבֹת‛ăbôth ‛ăbôth ‛ăbôthâh · cordH5688
• workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for Exodus 39:15

• Exodus 28:14and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.
• 2 Chronicles 3:5The larger room he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains.
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
• John 17:12While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.
• 1 Peter 1:5You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on Exodus 39:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31See Exodus 28:1–43.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-431-2. cloths of service--official robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the girdle of needlework, and the embroidered coat were all of fine linen; for on no material less delicate could such elaborate symbolical figures have been portrayed in embroidery, and all beautified with the same brilliant colors. (See on Ex 28:1-43).Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 39:15

• Chains
• Ephod
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Beat
• Breastplate
• Atonement, Day of
• Badger
• Chain; Chains
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Exodus 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings