Exodus 39:31

Exodus 39:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they fastened a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban, as the Lord commanded Moses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Context of Exodus 39:31

29The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, “Holiness to the Lord.” They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 32So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses – they did it exactly so. 33They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;

Exodus 39:31 word by word

וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ עָלָיו֙ פְּתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת לָתֵ֥ת עַל־הַמִּצְנֶ֖פֶת מִלְמָ֑עְלָה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they tiedנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• unto it a laceפָּתִילpâthîyl · cordH6616
• of blueתְּכֵ֫לֶתtekêleth · blueH8504
• on highמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• upon the mitreמִצְנֶ֫פֶתmitsnepheth · turbanH4701
• as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872

Commentaries on Exodus 39:31

• 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 39:31

• Colors
• Lace
• Miter
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Beat
• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Badger
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis

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