Exodus 28:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ The breastpiece shall be bound by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it may lie on the decorated band of the ephod and so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the skillfully woven girding band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not become loose from the ephod.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

Common English Bible

²⁸ The chest pendant should be held in place by a blue cord binding its rings to the vest’s rings so that the chest pendant rests on the vest’s belt and won’t come loose from the vest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And it shall be drawn tight to the rings of the breastplate, by the rings of the ephod, with a hyacinth band, so that the well-constructed juncture will remain in place, and the breastplate and the ephod will not be able to be separated from one another.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And may be fastened by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a violet fillet: that the joining artificially wrought may continue, and the rational and the ephod may not be loosed one from the other.

Exodus 28:28 Cross References

Exodus 25:7

onyx stones and gems to be set in the ephod and for the breastpiece.

Exodus 28:27

You shall make two rings of gold and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its joining above the decorated band of the ephod.

Exodus 28:29

So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a continual remembrance before the Lord.

Exodus 28:31

“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

Exodus 28:37

You shall fasten it on the turban with a blue cord; it shall be on the front of the turban.

Exodus 28:8

The decorated band on it shall be of the same workmanship and materials, of gold, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of fine twisted linen.

Exodus 39:41

the finely worked vestments for ministering in the holy place, the sacred vestments for the priest Aaron, and the vestments of his sons to serve as priests.

Numbers 15:38

“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them to make fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations and to put a blue cord on the fringe at each corner.