Exodus 28:1–12

Garments for the Priesthood

28 “Now take aAaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as bpriest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: cNadab, Abihu, dEleazar, and Ithamar. 2 And eyou shall make 1holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 So fyou shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, gwhom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make: ha breastplate, ian 2ephod, ja robe, ka skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and la sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

5 “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, 6 mand they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked. 7 It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the 3intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

9 “Then you shall take two onyx nstones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: 10 six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their obirth. 11 With the work of an pengraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So qAaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders ras a memorial.