What Does Exodus 28:8 Mean in the King James?
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The band that holds the ephod together is made from the same materials and workmanship, so binding belongs to the design.
THE MEANING
What holds the ephod in place is made from its own materials and crafted by its same design. The fastening belongs to the whole’s workmanship; here, binding and beauty are woven together.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The girdle is only a practical accessory, separate from the ephod’s artistry; the verse makes it part of the same crafted work.
THE ROOT
חֵשֶׁב
ḥēshev
GROWS FROM
חשב
To think, reckon, devise, or design.
“curious girdle” in this verse is ḥēshev. The word for the ephod’s woven band, חֵשֶׁב (ḥēshev, designed band), grows from the root חשב (ḥāshav, think or devise). The KJV’s “curious” points to skilled workmanship: the band is design made tangible, securing the garment as part of the same crafted whole.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāshav: To think, reckon, plan, or devise.
חָשַׁב
The band carries thought and design in its very name; its work of holding the ephod is also part of its making.
maḥashevet: A design, device, or work conceived with skill.
מַחֲשֶׁבֶת
This branch appears in the tabernacle craftsmanship as “cunning works,” linking the ephod’s band to deliberate, skilled design.
ḥōshev: The woven band of the ephod.
חֹשֶׁב
This is the garment word itself: what English presents as a girdle belongs to the same root family as thinking and devising.
THE PATTERN
In sacred construction, the parts that join and secure a whole belong to its designed workmanship.
And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.THE THREAD
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,“Devise” comes from חשב (ḥāshav, think or design), the root of חֵשֶׁב (ḥēshev, the ephod’s woven band). The band is not just something wrapped around the garment; its name carries the skilled design that shapes it.
Read the SDV Bible.
Every verse has a Deep Dive in the app.
The iPhone Bible app with the Selah Decoded Version.
Does something in this reading look wrong? Tell us