39With the blue, purple, and red wool they made the magnificent garments which the priests were to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the priestly garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²They made the ephod of fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; and gold thread. ³They hammered out sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips to be worked into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red wool. ⁴They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened. ⁵The finely woven belt, made of the same materials, was attached to the ephod so as to form one piece with it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁶They prepared the carnelians and mounted them in gold settings; they were skilfully engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob. ⁷They put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Breast-plate

⁸They made the breast-piece of the same materials as the ephod and with similar embroidery. ⁹It was square and folded double, 22 centimetres long and 22 centimetres wide. ¹⁰They mounted four rows of precious stones on it: in the first row they mounted a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet; ¹¹in the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹²in the third row, a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings. ¹⁴Each of the twelve stones had engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, in order to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. ¹⁵For the breast-piece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords. ¹⁶They made two gold settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to the upper corners of the breast-piece. ¹⁷They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings ¹⁸and fastened the other two ends of the cords to the two settings and in this way attached them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod. ¹⁹They made two rings of gold and attached them to the lower corners of the breast-piece, on the inside edge next to the ephod. ²⁰They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the two shoulder straps of the ephod, near the seam and above the finely woven belt. ²¹Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, they tied the rings of the breast-piece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breast-piece rested above the belt and did not come loose.

Making the Other Priestly Garments

²²The robe that goes under the ephod was made entirely of blue wool. ²³The hole for the head was reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing. ^24–26All round its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁷They made the shirts for Aaron and his sons, ²⁸and the turban, the caps, the linen shorts, ²⁹and the sash of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, decorated with embroidery, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³⁰They made the ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, out of pure gold, and they engraved on it “Dedicated to the Lord”. ³¹They tied it to the front of the turban with a blue cord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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