Making the Garments of the Priesthood
1 Of theblue, purple, and scarletthreadthey madegarments of ministry, for ministering in the holyplace,and made the holy garments for Aaron,as theLordhad commanded Moses.
Making the Ephod
2 He made theephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarletthread,and of fine woven linen.
3 And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cutitintothreads, to workitinwiththe blue, purple, and scarletthread,and the fine linen,intoartistic designs.
4 They made shoulder straps for it to coupleittogether; it was coupled together at its two edges.
5 And the intricately woven band of his ephod thatwason itwasof the same workmanship,wovenofgold, blue, purple, and scarletthread,andoffine woven linen, as theLordhad commanded Moses.
6 And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel.
7 He put them on the shoulders of the ephodasmemorial stones for the sons of Israel, as theLordhad commanded Moses.
Making the Breastplate
8 And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarletthread,and of fine woven linen.
9 They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a spanwasits length and a span its width when doubled.
10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row;
11 the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13 the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.Theywereenclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.
14 Thereweretwelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names,engravedlikea signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.
15 And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold.
16 They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
17 And they put the two braidedchainsof gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
18 The two ends of the two braidedchainsthey fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.
19 And they made two rings of gold and putthemon the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, whichwason the inward side of the ephod.
20 They made twoothergold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.
21 And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as theLordhad commanded Moses.
Making the Other Priestly Garments
22 He made therobe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
23 Andtherewasan opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail,witha woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.
24 They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine wovenlinen.
25 And they madebells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates:
26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as theLordhad commanded Moses.
27 They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons,
28 a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen,short trousers of fine woven linen,
29 and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarletthread,made by a weaver, as theLordhad commanded Moses.
30 Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscriptionlikethe engraving of a signet:
# HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
31 And they tied to it a blue cord, to fastenitabove on the turban, as theLordhad commanded Moses.
The Work Completed
32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting wasfinished. And the children of Israel didaccording to all that theLordhad commanded Moses; so they did.
33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
34 the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering;
35 the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat;
36 the table, all its utensils, and theshowbread;
37 the puregoldlampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;
38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door;
39 the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base;
40 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
41 and the garments of ministry, to minister in the holyplace:the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests.
42 According to all that theLordhad commanded Moses, so the children of Israeldid all the work.
43 Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as theLordhad commanded, just so they had done it. And Mosesblessed them.