Exodus 28:42
New International Version
“Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body, reaching from the waist to the thigh.

New Living Translation
Also make linen undergarments for them, to be worn next to their bodies, reaching from their hips to their thighs.

English Standard Version
You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;

Berean Standard Bible
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

King James Bible
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

New King James Version
And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs.

New American Standard Bible
You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the waist even to the thighs.

NASB 1995
“You shall make for them linen breeches to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs.

NASB 1977
“And you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs.

Amplified Bible
You shall make for them [white] linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, reaching from the waist to the thighs.

Christian Standard Bible
Make them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must extend from the waist to the thighs.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Make them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must extend from the waist to the thighs.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And make aprons of fine white linen for them to cover the flesh of their nakedness; they shall be from their waist and unto their thighs:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt make for them linen drawers to cover the nakedness of their flesh; they shall reach from the loins to the thighs.

Contemporary English Version
Make linen shorts for them that reach from the waist down to the thigh, so they won't expose themselves.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness from the reins to the thighs:

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Make linen undergarments to cover them down to their thighs.

Good News Translation
Make linen shorts for them, reaching from the waist to the thighs, so that they will not expose themselves.

International Standard Version
"You are to make linen undergarments for them to cover their naked flesh, and they are to reach from the loins to the thighs.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach.

Literal Standard Version
And make linen trousers for them to cover the naked flesh; they are from the loins even to the thighs;

Majority Standard Bible
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

New American Bible
You must also make linen pants for them, to cover their naked flesh from their loins to their thighs.

NET Bible
Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover from the waist to the thighs.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh; they shall reach from the hips to the thighs;

New Heart English Bible
You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness: from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach:

World English Bible
You shall make them linen pants to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the waist even to the thighs.

Young's Literal Translation
'And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Additional Priestly Garments
41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests. 42Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh. 43Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.…

Cross References
Exodus 20:26
And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.'

Exodus 39:28
as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.

Leviticus 16:4
He is to wear the sacred linen tunic, with linen undergarments. He must tie a linen sash around him and put on the linen turban. These are holy garments, and he must bathe himself with water before he wears them.

Ezekiel 44:17
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

Ezekiel 44:18
They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach:

breeches

Exodus 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Exodus 39:28
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.

their nakedness.

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Exodus 28
1. Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priest's office
2. Holy garments are appointed
6. The ephod and girdle
15. The breast-plate with twelve precious stones
30. The Urim and Thummim
31. The robe of the ephod, with pomegranates and bells
36. The plate of the mitre
39. The embroidered coat
40. The garments for Aaron's sons














(42) Thou shalt make them linen breeches.--Rather, linen drawers. Drawers reaching from the waist to a little above the knee were the sole garment of many in Egypt, a necessary garment of all. Their object was as here stated.

Verse 42. - Linen breeches. Rather, "linen drawers" (Kalisch), such as we see worn by the Egyptians generally, reaching from the waist to a little above the knee. (See Wilkinson in Rawlinson's Herodotus, vol. 2. p. 113, 2nd ed.) This also was of linen (Herod. 2:83). Unto the thighs - i.e., to the bottom of the thighs where they adjoin on the knee.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Make
וַעֲשֵׂ֤ה (wa·‘ă·śêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

linen
בָ֔ד (ḇāḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 906: Flaxen thread, yarn, a linen garment

undergarments
מִכְנְסֵי־ (miḵ·nə·sê-)
Noun - mdc
Strong's 4370: An undergarment

to cover
לְכַסּ֖וֹת (lə·ḵas·sō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

their
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

bare
עֶרְוָ֑ה (‘er·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6172: Nakedness

flesh,
בְּשַׂ֣ר (bə·śar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

extending
יִהְיֽוּ׃ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

from waist
מִמָּתְנַ֥יִם (mim·mā·ṯə·na·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - md
Strong's 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

to
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

thigh.
יְרֵכַ֖יִם (yə·rê·ḵa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 3409: Thigh,loin, flank, side


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