Exodus 28:37
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Exodus 28:37 in other translations
| BSB | Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. |
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| WEB | You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash. It shall be on the front of the sash. |
| ASV | And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. |
| YLT | and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre--over-against the front of the mitre it is; |
| DARBY | And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban — upon the front of the turban shall it be. |
| BBE | Put a blue cord on it and put it on the front of the twisted head-dress: |
| Webster | And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter; upon the front of the miter it shall be. |
What does Exodus 28:37 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 28:36-38
36-38. plate--literally, a petal of a flower, which seems to have been the figure of this golden plate, which was tied with a ribbon of blue on the front of the mitre, so that every one facing him could read the inscription.
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…
Exodus 28:37 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 28:37
- Exodus 28:31
And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
- Exodus 28:28
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.
- Numbers 15:38
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
- Exodus 28:4
And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- Zechariah 3:5
And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
- Exodus 39:30-31
And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Exodus 29:6
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
- Leviticus 8:9
And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Context
- Exodus 28:36
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Exodus 28:37
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
- Exodus 28:38
And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.
Exodus 28:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y la pondrás con un cordón de jacinto, y estará sobre la mitra; por el frente anterior de la mitra estará. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu la poseras sur un cordon de bleu, et elle sera sur la tiare; elle sera sur le devant de la tiare: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und tue es an eine Schnur von blauem Purpur; und es soll an dem Kopfbunde sein, an der Vorderseite des Kopfbundes soll es sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ligabisque eam vitta hyacinthina, et erit super tiaram, |