Exodus 39:21
Good News Translation
Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rested above the belt and did not come loose.

New Revised Standard Version
They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it should lie on the decorated band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod; as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Contemporary English Version
To keep the breastpiece in place, a blue cord was used to tie the two lower rings on the breastpiece to those on the vest. These things were done exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses.

New American Bible
Violet ribbons bound the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod, so that the breastpiece stayed right above the embroidered belt of the ephod and did not swing loose from it. All this was just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And a hole for the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven border round about the hole:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And a hole for the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven border round about the hole:

as the Lord

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

1 Corinthians 1:25,27 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men: and the weakness of God is stronger than men. . . .

Context
The Breastpiece
20They made also the tunic of the ephod all of violet, 21And a hole for the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven border round about the hole:
Cross References
Exodus 25:7
Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.

Exodus 28:8
The very workmanship also, and all the variety of the work, shall be of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 39:20
They made also the tunic of the ephod all of violet,

Exodus 39:22
And beneath at the feet pomegranates of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen:

Exodus 39:20
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