Exodus 28:4–12

⁴And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a cloak, and a checkered vest, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may serve me as priest. ⁵And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus,

⁶and shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, scarlet and twined byssus, of artistic work. ⁷It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof, where it is joined together. ⁸And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus. ⁹And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: ¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. ¹¹According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them. ¹²And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.