Exodus 28:15–30

¹⁵“^aYou shall make a ¹breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of ²blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

¹⁶“It shall be square, having been folded double, a ¹span ²in length and a ³span in width.

¹⁷“You shall ¹mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

¹⁸and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹⁹and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

²⁰and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be ¹set in gold settings.

²¹“The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each ^aaccording to his name for the twelve tribes.

²²“You shall make on the ¹breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure gold.

²³“You shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

²⁴“You shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

²⁵“You shall put the two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and you shall put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

²⁶“You shall make two rings of gold and shall place them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod.

²⁷“You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

²⁸“They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a ¹blue cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod.

²⁹“Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he comes into the holy place, for a remembrance before Yahweh continually.

³⁰“^aYou shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the ^1bUrim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he comes in before Yahweh; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before Yahweh continually.