Exodus 39:15

Exodus 39:15 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)To attach the chestpiece to the ephod, they made braided cords of pure gold thread.

Context of Exodus 39:15

13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. 14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. 17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 39:15 word by word

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

• 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 at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
• 2 Chronicles 3:5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
• John 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
• 1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

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