Exodus 39:8–21

MAKING THE BREASTPIECE

⁸He^g also made the embroidered^K breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. ⁹They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.^{A 10}They mounted four rows of gemstones^B on it.

The first row was

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;^C

¹¹the second row,

a turquoise,^D a lapis lazuli, and a diamond;^E

¹²the third row,

a jacinth,^F an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³and the fourth row,

a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.

They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.

¹⁴The twelve stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the twelve tribes.

¹⁵They made braided chains of pure gold cord for the breastpiece. ¹⁶They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners. ¹⁷Then they attached the two gold cords to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece. ¹⁸They attached the other ends of the two cords to the two filigree settings, and in this way they attached them to the ephod’s shoulder pieces in front. ¹⁹They made two other gold rings and put them at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod. ²⁰They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the ephod’s two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam,^G above the ephod’s woven waistband. ²¹Then they tied the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the ephod’s waistband and did not come loose from the ephod. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.