Exodus 28:8

28:8 The artistically woven waistband 1  of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, 2  of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 29:5

29:5 and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, 3  the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband. 4 

Exodus 39:1

The Making of the Priestly Garments

39:1 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 5 

Exodus 39:5

39:5 The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, 6  of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

1 tn This is the rendering of the word חֵשֶׁב (kheshev), cognate to the word translated “designer” in v. 6. Since the entire ephod was of the same material, and this was of the same piece, it is unclear why this is singled out as “artistically woven.” Perhaps the word is from another root that just describes the item as a “band.” Whatever the connection, this band was to be of the same material, and the same piece, as the ephod, but perhaps a different pattern (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 301). It is this sash that attaches the ephod to the priest’s body, that is, at the upper border of the ephod and clasped together at the back.

2 tn Heb “from it” but meaning “of one [the same] piece”; the phrase “the ephod” has been supplied.

3 tn The Hiphil of לָבַשׁ (lavash, “to clothe”) will take double accusatives; so the sign of the accusative is with Aaron, and then with the articles of clothing. The translation will have to treat Aaron as the direct object and the articles as indirect objects, because Aaron receives the prominence in the verse – you will clothe Aaron.

4 tn The verb used in this last clause is a denominative verb from the word for ephod. And so “ephod the ephod on him” means “fasten as an ephod the ephod on him” (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 316).

5 sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.

6 tn Heb “from it” or the same.