Exodus 28:32
Good News Translation
It is to have a hole for the head, and this hole is to be reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing.

New Revised Standard Version
It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it may not be torn.

Contemporary English Version
with an opening in the center for his head. Be sure to bind the material around the collar to keep it from wearing out.

New American Bible
It shall have an opening for the head in the center, and around this opening there shall be a selvage, woven as at the opening of a shirt, to keep it from being torn.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments, that it may not easily be broken.

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In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments, that it may not easily be broken.

as it were

Exodus 39:28 And a girdle of fine twisted linen, violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, of embroidery work, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

2 Chronicles 26:14 And Ozias prepared for them, that is, for the whole army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

Nehemiah 4:16 And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.

Job 41:26 When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

that it be not rent

John 19:23,24 The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, took his garments, (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part) and also his coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. . . .

Ephesians 4:3-16 Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. . . .

Context
Additional Priestly Garments
31And thou shalt make the tunic of the ephod all of violet, 32In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments, that it may not easily be broken.33And beneath at the feet of the same tunic, round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegranates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with little bells set between:…
Cross References
John 19:24
They said then one to another: Let us not cut it but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled, saying: They have parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture they have cast lots. And the soldiers indeed did these things.

Exodus 28:31
And thou shalt make the tunic of the ephod all of violet,

Exodus 28:33
And beneath at the feet of the same tunic, round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegranates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with little bells set between:

Exodus 39:23
And little bells of the purest gold, which they put between the pomegranates at the bottom of the tunic round about:

Exodus 28:31
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