39The workers made clothes from the blue, purple and bright red yarn. The clothes were worn by those who served in the holy tent. The workers also made sacred clothes for Aaron. They made them just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Linen Apron

²The workers made the linen apron out of fine gold wire, and out of blue, purple and bright red yarn, and out of finely twisted linen. ³They hammered out thin sheets of gold. They cut it into fine wire. They sewed it into the blue, purple and bright red yarn and fine linen. A skilled worker made it. ⁴The workers made shoulder straps for the apron. The straps were joined to two of its corners.

⁵Its skillfully made waistband was made like it. The waistband was part of the apron itself. It was made out of fine gold wire, and out of blue, purple and bright red yarn, and out of finely twisted linen. The workers made it just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁶They put the onyx stones in fancy gold settings. They carved the names of the sons of Israel on them. They did it the way a person carves a seal. ⁷Then they connected them to the shoulder straps of the linen apron. The stones stood for the sons of Israel and were a reminder for them. The workers did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Chest Cloth

⁸Skilled workers made the chest cloth. They made it like the linen apron. They used fine gold wire, and blue, purple and bright red yarn, and finely twisted linen. ⁹The chest cloth was nine inches square. It was folded in half.

¹⁰They put four rows of valuable jewels on it. A ruby, a topaz and a beryl were in the first row. ¹¹A turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald were in the second row. ¹²A jacinth, an agate and an amethyst were in the third row. ¹³And a chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper were in the fourth row. The workers put them in fancy gold settings.

¹⁴They used a total of 12 stones. There was one stone for each of the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was carved like a seal with the name of one of the 12 tribes.

¹⁵The workers made braided chains out of pure gold for the chest cloth. They made them like ropes. ¹⁶They made two fancy gold settings and two gold rings. They connected them to two corners of the chest cloth. ¹⁷They joined the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the chest cloth. ¹⁸They joined the other ends of the chains to the two settings. They joined them to the shoulder straps on the front of the linen apron.

¹⁹The workers made two gold rings. They connected them to the other two corners of the chest cloth. They put them on the inside edge next to the apron. ²⁰They made two more gold rings. They connected them to the bottom of the shoulder straps on the front of the apron. They put them close to the seam right above the waistband of the apron. ²¹They tied the rings of the chest cloth to the rings of the apron with blue cord. That connected it to the waistband. Then the chest cloth would not swing out from the linen apron. The workers did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

More Clothes for the Priests

²²The workers made the outer robe of the linen apron completely from blue cloth. The cloth was made by a skillful person. ²³The workers made an opening like a collar in the center of the robe. They made an edge around the opening. Then it couldn’t tear.

²⁴They made pomegranates out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. They sewed them around the hem of the robe.

²⁵They made bells out of pure gold. They sewed them around the hem between the pomegranates. ²⁶They sewed a bell between every two pomegranates all around the hem of the robe. Aaron had to wear the robe when he served as priest. That’s what the Lord commanded Moses.

²⁷The workers made inner robes out of fine linen for Aaron and his sons. The linen cloth was made by a skillful person. ²⁸The workers also made the turban out of fine linen. And they made the headbands and the underwear out of finely twisted linen. ²⁹The belt was made out of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and bright red yarn. A person who sewed skillfully made it. The workers did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁰They made the plate out of pure gold. It was a sacred crown. They carved words on it as if it were a seal. They carved the words Set Apart for the Lord. ³¹Then they tied the plate to the turban with a blue cord. They did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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