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1560 Geneva Bible: Exodus 39
In this chapter, we hear more descriptions of how YHWH wants His priests to be dressed and adorned. The details of the breastplate, in which all of the names of the tribes of the Children of Israel are to be inscribed, and other important details, are enumerated. We compare texts and find that once again, the later English fails to distinguish between important shades of meaning: "service" as if to a cause, becomes the more theological "minister". The two versions of a word for "work" in Hebrew -- one of which means "worship" as well, are listed in the RSV so it sounds as if all YHWH wants…
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