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Exodus 39:3
3They used a hammer to hit the gold to make thin pieces. Then they cut these pieces into narrow strings. A worker with special skills used the gold strings to make the blue, purple and red material, and the good linen, look very beautiful.
Exodus 39:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
- New International Version (NIV)They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen—the work of skilled hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs.
Context of Exodus 39:3
1The workers used blue, purple and red material to make beautiful clothes for the priests. They would wear them when they served God in the Holy Place. They made these special clothes for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2The workers used gold, and blue, purple and red material, as well as good linen, to make the ephod. They used a hammer to hit the gold to make thin pieces. Then they cut these pieces into narrow strings. A worker with special skills used the gold strings to make the blue, purple and red material, and the good linen, look very beautiful. 4The workers fixed pieces of cloth on the two edges of the ephod. These pieces went over the priest's shoulders to join the front and the back parts of the ephod. 5They made the beautiful belt to tie around the ephod. The belt and the ephod were one piece of work. They used the same materials to make both of them: gold, blue, purple and red material and good linen. They made them in the way that the Lord had commanded Moses.
Read all of Exodus 39Exodus 39:3 word by word
וַֽיְרַקְּע֞וּ אֶת־פַּחֵ֣י הַזָּהָב֮ וְקִצֵּ֣ץ פְּתִילִם֒ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת בְּת֤וֹךְ הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבְת֣וֹךְ הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן וּבְת֛וֹךְ תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י וּבְת֣וֹךְ הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה חֹשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they did beatרָקַעrâqa‛ · to beatH7554
- the goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- intoאֵת'êth · withH854
- thin platesפַּחpach · plateH6341
- and cutקָצַץqâtsats · to cutH7112
- wiresפָּתִילpâthîyl · cordH6616
- to workתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- to workעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- in the blueתְּכֵ֫לֶתtekêleth · blueH8504
- and in the purpleאַרְגָּמָן'argâmân · purpleH713
- and in the scarletתּוֹלֵעָהtôlâ‛ tôlê‛âh tôla‛ath tôla‛ath · wormH8438
- and in the scarletשָׁנִיshânîy · scarletH8144
- and in the fine linenשֵׁשׁshêsh sheshîy · linenH8336
- cunningחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: designH2803
- workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
Cross-references for Exodus 39:3
- Exodus 26:1Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of very good linen. Also use blue, purple and red material. Tell a worker to use special skills to make pictures of cherubs on the curtains.
- Exodus 36:8All the workers who had special skills made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They used very good linen, as well as blue, purple and red material. They made beautiful pictures of cherubs on the curtains.
Commentaries on Exodus 39:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3They did beat the gold into thin plates - For the purpose, as it is supposed, of cutting it into wires (פתילם ) or threads; for to twist or twine is the common acceptation of the root פתל pathal . I cannot suppose that the Israelites had not then the art of making gold thread, as they possessed several ornamental arts much more difficult: but in the present instance, figures made in a more solid form than that which could have been effected by gold…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31See Exodus 28:1–43.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. cut the gold into wires to work it--that is, the metal was beaten with a hammer into thin plates, cut with scissors or some other instrument into long slips, then rounded into filaments or threads. "Cloth of golden tissue is not uncommon on the monuments, and specimens of it have been found rolled about mummies; but it is not easy to determine whether the gold thread was originally interwoven or subsequently inserted by the embroiderer" [Taylor].Read the comment
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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
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