Exodus 39:1–31

Making the Holy Garments

¹Moreover, from the ^1ablue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely ^bwoven garments for ministering in the holy place ²as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^2aHe made the ephod of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

³Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads ¹to be woven in with the blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen, the work of a skillful designer.

⁴They made joining shoulder pieces for ¹the ephod; it was joined at its two upper ends.

⁵The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, ¹of the same material: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^6aThey made the onyx stones, set all around in filigree settings of gold; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

⁷And ^ahe placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^8aHe made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful designer, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen.

⁹It was square; they made the breastpiece, having been folded double, a ¹span ²long and a span ³wide when folded double.

¹⁰And they ¹mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

¹¹and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹²and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in their filigree settings with gold filigree.

¹⁴The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

¹⁵They made on the breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure gold.

¹⁶They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

¹⁷Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

¹⁸They put the other two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

¹⁹They made two gold rings and placed them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge which was next to the ephod.

²⁰Furthermore, they made two gold rings and placed them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it, close to the place where it joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

²¹They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^22aThen he made the robe of the ephod of woven work entirely of blue;

^23aand the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding all around its opening, so that it would not be torn.

²⁴They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe.

²⁵They also made bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates all around on the hem of the ¹robe,

²⁶¹alternating a bell and a pomegranate all around on the hem of the robe for the ministry, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^27aThey made the tunics of finely woven linen for Aaron and his sons,

²⁸and the turban of fine linen, and the headdresses of the ¹caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twisted linen,

²⁹and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue and purple and scarlet material, the work of the ¹weaver, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

^30aThey made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and ¹wrote upon it with engraved writing as found on a signet, “Holy to Yahweh.”

³¹They ¹fastened a blue cord to it, to ²fasten it on the turban above, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.