Exodus 28 · Verse 34

Exodus 28:34

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
Exodus 28:34, King James Version

Exodus 28:34 in other translations

BSBalternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.
WEBa golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
ASVa golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
YLTa bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate are on the hems of the upper robe round about.
DARBYa golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, in the skirts of the cloak round about.
BBEA gold bell and a fruit in turn all round the skirts of the robe.
WebsterA golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe around it.

What does Exodus 28:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. a golden bell and a pomegranate--The bells were hung between the pomegranates, which were said to have amounted to seventy-two, and the use of them seems to have been to announce to the people when the high priest entered the most holy place, that they might accompany him with their prayers, and also to remind himself to be attired in his official dress, to minister without which was death.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 28:31-39

The robe of the ephod was under the ephod, and reached down to the knees, without sleeves. Aaron must minister in the garments appointed. We must serve the Lord with holy fear, as those who know they deserve to die. A golden plate was fixed on Aaron's forehead, engraven with "Holiness to the Lord." Aaron was hereby reminded that God is holy, and that his priests must be holy, devoted to the Lord. This must appear in…

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Exodus 28:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

פַּעֲמֹ֤ןpa.'a.Mona bell ofH6472
זָהָב֙za.HavgoldH2091
וְרִמּ֔וֹןve.ri.Monand a pomegranateH7416
פַּֽעֲמֹ֥ןpa.'a.Mona bell ofH6472
זָהָ֖בza.HavgoldH2091
וְרִמּ֑וֹןve.ri.Monand a pomegranateH7416
עַל\־'al-[will be] onH5921
שׁוּלֵ֥יshu.Lei[the] skirts ofH7757
הַמְּעִ֖ילha.me.'Ilthe robeH4598
סָבִֽיב\׃sa.Vivall aroundH5439

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 28:34

  • Song of Solomon 8:2

    I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

  • Psalms 89:15

    Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

  • Colossians 1:5-6

    For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

  • Song of Solomon 4:13

    Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

  • Song of Solomon 6:11

    I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

  • Colossians 1:10

    That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Song of Solomon 2:3

    As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

  • John 15:4-8

    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. …

  • Song of Solomon 6:7

    As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

  • John 15:16

    Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

  • Song of Solomon 4:3

    Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 89:15; So 2:3; 4:3,13; 6:7,11; 8:2; Joh 15:4-8,16; Col 1:5,6,10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 28:33

    And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

  • Exodus 28:34

    A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

  • Exodus 28:35

    And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

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Exodus 28:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Una campanilla de oro y una granada, campanilla de oro y granada, por las orillas del manto alrededor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
une clochette d’or et une grenade, une clochette d’or et une grenade, sur les bords de la robe, tout autour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
eine Schelle von Gold und einen Granatapfel, eine Schelle von Gold und einen Granatapfel an den Saum des Oberkleides ringsum.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ita ut tintinnabulum sit aureum et malum punicum: rursumque tintinnabulum aliud aureum et malum punicum.