King James Version
Exodus 39:4 in the King James Version says “They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.”
Exodus 39:4 · KJV
And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen.
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.
They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
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“shoulderpieces”
H3802the shoulder (proper, i.e., upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythi
“for it to couple it together”
H2266to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for it to couple it together”
H2266to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
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