The Garments of the Priesthood
1From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made the finely worked garments for serving in the Holy Place; and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen. 3They hammered out sheets of gold and cut them into threads, to work them into the blue, the purple, the scarlet yarn, and the linen — the work of a skilled craftsman. 4They made shoulder pieces for it, joined together; it was joined at its two edges. 5The skillfully woven waistband on it was of one piece with it, made the same way — of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen — as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 6They mounted the onyx stones in settings of gold filigree, engraved as a seal is engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel. 7He set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 8He made the breastpiece, the work of a skilled craftsman, like the work of the ephod — of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen. 9It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide, folded double. 10They mounted on it four rows of stones: the first row was carnelian, chrysolite, and beryl — 11the second row, turquoise, sapphire, and emerald; 12the third row, jacinth, agate, and amethyst; 13the fourth row, topaz, onyx, and jasper — mounted in settings of gold filigree. 14The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve of them, according to their names, engraved like a seal, each with its name, for the twelve tribes. 15On the breastpiece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like a cord. 16They made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece. 17They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece, 18and the other two ends of the two cords they fastened to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod, at the front. 19They made two gold rings and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge that faced the inside of the ephod. 20They made two more gold rings and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, below, at the front, close to the seam, above the waistband of the ephod. 21They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it rested above the waistband of the ephod and the breastpiece did not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
The Robe, the Tunics, and the Plate
22He made the robe of the ephod, the work of a weaver, entirely of blue. 23The opening of the robe, in its middle, was like the opening of a coat of armor, with a woven binding around the opening, so that it would not tear. 24On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, twisted. 25They made bells of pure gold and put the bells between the pomegranates, on the hem of the robe, all around, between the pomegranates — 26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe, for serving, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 27They made the tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons, 28and the turban of fine linen, and the ornate headbands of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of finely woven linen, 29and the sash of finely woven linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 30They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it, engraved like a seal: HOLY TO YAHWEH. 31They tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it on the turban, above, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
The Work Is Finished and Brought to Moses
32So all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished; the Israelites did everything just as Yahweh had commanded Moses — so they did. 33They brought the tabernacle to Moses — the tent and all its equipment: its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases; 34the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of fine leather, and the screening veil; 35the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement cover; 36the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the presence; 37the pure lampstand, its lamps set in order, all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38the golden altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent; 39the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; 40the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and its tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41the finely worked garments for serving in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for serving as priests. 42The Israelites did all the work exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 43Moses inspected all the work, and saw that they had done it just as Yahweh had commanded — so they had done it. And Moses blessed them.
