...Moses. And he made the ephod 2 of gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twisted linen. 3 And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,...and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the linen, with curiously inwoven work. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for the ephod to join it together :...

...commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 and daughters : 23 * : 24 And Enoch walked with...hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Laraech: 26 A 4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together....

...it have been found rolled about the mummies. Now it is said of the Hebrews in the wilderness, that ' they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it...scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.' l The sojourn of the Israelites in Egypt was then, in many respects, highly beneficial to their interests....

...manner of the cherubic vail, which separated the holiest from the holy place. Moses, moreover, tells us, They did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it...scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. Ex. xxxix. 3. The garments, we remember, were to be for glory and for 'beauty ; and thus would the...

...twined linen. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires (strips), to work.it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work." This is suggestive of early Syrian or Arabic in-darning or weaving with gold strips or tinsel. In both...

...gold remains unchanged ; and reference may be made to the ephod made for Aaron (Exodus xxxix. 3) : ' And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut...scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.' It is evident that such rich FIG. 42. Bronze-gilt buckle, Faversham. (i) FIG. 43. Mount of drinking-cup,...

...gold, being highly malleable, yielding readily to this treatment, and cut it Into wires, thin threads, e was set apart for the use of the Lord and His Sanctuary. V. 33. He shall not search whether it be goo V. 4. They made shoulder-pieces for it to couple it together; by the two edges was it coupled together,...

...gold, being highly malleable, yielding readily to this treatment, and cut it into wires, thin threads, ef, but from the weakness of V. 4. They made shoulder-pieces for it to couple it together; by th« two edges was it coupled together,...

...wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches." (Exodus 28:6-14.) " And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut...scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work." (Exodus 39:3.) It was a magnificent garment of glory and beauty. Looked at in one way it was all gold,...

...Exodus, chapter xxxix., to the manufacture of gold wire used to decorate the garments of Aaron : " And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut...scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work." These methods of cold working metals are familiar to everyone, but of the more modern methods, such...