¹⁵And thou shalt make the rational of judgment with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.

¹⁶It shall be four square and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth.

¹⁷And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones. In the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald:

¹⁸In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper:

¹⁹In the third a ligurius, an agate, and an amethyst:

²⁰In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

²¹And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they be engraved, each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes.

²²And thou shalt make on the rational chains, linked one to another, of the purest gold:

²³And two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the two ends at the top of the rational.

²⁴And the golden chains thou shalt join to the rings, that are in the ends thereof.

²⁵And the ends of the chains themselves, thou shalt join together with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational.

²⁶Thou shalt make also two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the top parts of the rational, in the borders that are over against the ephod, and look towards the back parts thereof.

²⁷Moreover also other two rings of gold, which are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath, that looketh towards the nether joining, that the rational may be fitted with the ephod,

²⁸And may be fastened by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a violet fillet, that the joining artificially wrought may continue, and the rational and the ephod may not be loosed one from the other.

²⁹And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the rational of judgment upon his breast, when he shall enter into the sanctuary, a memorial before the Lord for ever.

³⁰And thou shalt put in the rational of judgment doctrine and truth, which shall be on Aaron’s breast, when he shall go in before the Lord: and he shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his breast, in the sight of the Lord always.

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Exodus 28:29: So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord.

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