Exodus 39, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

Modern

1From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

2Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

Classic

2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Modern

3They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

Classic

3And 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.

Modern

4They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

Classic

4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

Modern

5And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

5And 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.

Modern

6They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

Classic

6And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

Modern

7Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

7And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

8He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

Classic

8And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Modern

9It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

Classic

9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

Modern

10And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Classic

10And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

Modern

11the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Classic

11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

Modern

12the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

Classic

12And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

Modern

13and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

Classic

13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

Modern

14The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Classic

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.

Modern

15For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Classic

15And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

Modern

16They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Classic

16And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

Modern

17Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

Classic

17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

Modern

18and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

Classic

18And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

Modern

19They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

Classic

19And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

Modern

20They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.

Classic

20And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

Modern

21Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

21And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

22They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,

Classic

22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

Modern

23with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

Classic

23And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

Modern

24They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

Classic

24And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

Modern

25They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,

Classic

25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

Modern

26alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

26A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

27For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,

Classic

27And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

Modern

28as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

Classic

28And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

Modern

29and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

29And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

30They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

Classic

30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

Modern

31Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Modern

32So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

32Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

Modern

33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

Classic

33And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

Modern

34the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;

Classic

34And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,

Modern

35the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

Classic

35The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

Modern

36the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;

Classic

36The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,

Modern

37the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

Classic

37The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

Modern

38the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

Classic

38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

Modern

39the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

Classic

39The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Modern

40the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

Classic

40The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Modern

41and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

Classic

41The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office.

Modern

42The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Classic

42According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

Modern

43And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

Classic

43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

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