Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 39:23
Exodus 39:23 is verse 23 of Exodus chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
with 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.
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; possibly a coat of mail.
King James Version
And 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.
World English Bible
The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
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Exodus 39:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 Then 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.
22 They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,
23 with 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.
24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.
25 They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,
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