Exodus 28:6–35

⁶and they will make the ephod of gold, blue and purple, and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman. ⁷It will have two joining shoulder pieces at its two edges, so that it can be fastened. ⁸And the waistband of his ephod, which is on it, will be of like work to it—gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen.

⁹“And you will take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the Israelites,^{g 10}with six of their names on the one stone and the remaining six on the second, according to their genealogies.^{h 11}As the work of a skilled stone craftsman, with seal engravings you will engrave on the two stones the names of the Israelites;ⁱ you will make them mounted in gold filigree settings. ¹²And you will set the two stones on the ephod’s shoulder pieces as stones of remembrance for the Israelites,^j and Aaron will bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulder pieces for remembrance.

¹³“And you will make gold filigree settings. ¹⁴And you will make two braided chains of pure gold ornamental cord work, and you will put the chains of the ornamental cords on the filigree settings. ¹⁵And you will make a breast piece of judgment, a work of a skilled craftsman; you will make it like the work of the ephod; you will make it of gold, blue and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. ¹⁶It will be squared, doubled, a span its length and a span its width. ¹⁷And you will fill it with stone mounting, four rows of stone, a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald is the first row; ¹⁸and the second row is a malachite, a sapphire, and a moonstone; ¹⁹and the third row is a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰and the fourth row is a turquoise and an onyx and a jasper. Their settings will be woven with gold. ²¹The stones will be according to the names of the Israelites,^k twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name they will be for the twelve tribes.

²²“And you will make on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord. ²³And you will make on the breast piece two gold rings, and you will put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece. ²⁴And you will put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece. ²⁵And you will put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and you will put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. ²⁶And you will make two gold rings, and you will place them on the two ends of the breast piece, on its edge that is on the other side^l of the ephod, to the inside.^{m 27}And you will make two rings and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod below at its front near its seam above the waistband of the ephod. ²⁸And they will tie the breast piece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord to be on the waistband of the ephod, and the breast piece will not come loose from the ephod. ²⁹And Aaron will bear the names of the Israelitesⁿ in the breast piece of judgment on his heart, when he comes to the sanctuary, for a remembrance before Yahweh continually. ³⁰And you will put the Urim and the Thummim on the breast piece of judgment, and they will be on the heart of Aaron when he comes before Yahweh, and Aaron will bear the judgment of the Israelites^o on his heart before Yahweh continually.

³¹“And you will make the robe of the ephod totally of blue yarn. ³²And the opening for his head will be in the middle of it; its opening will have an edge all around, the work of a weaver; it will be like the opening of a sturdy garment for it, so that it will not be torn. ³³And you will make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and crimson yarns on its hem all around and bells of gold in the midst of them all around, ³⁴a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around. ³⁵And it will be on Aaron for serving, and its sound will be heard at his coming into the sanctuary before Yahweh and at his going out, so that he will not die.