Bible in Basic English
"And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms."
— Exodus 39:4, Bible in Basic English
“They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.”
“They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together. ”
“They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. At the two ends it was joined together.”
“They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together.”
“And two borders coupled one to the other in the top on either side,”
“They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.”
And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;
Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.
And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.
And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.
These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.