Making the Holy Garments

1Moreover, from the [†]blue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place [†]as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

2He 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 [†]to 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 [†]the ephod; it was joined at its two upper ends. 5The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, [†]of the same material: of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

6They 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 he placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

8He 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 [†]span [†]long and a span [†]wide when folded double. 10And they [†]mounted 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.

22Then he made the robe of the ephod of woven work entirely of blue; 23and 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 [†]robe, 26[†]alternating a bell and a pomegranate all around on the hem of the robe for the ministry, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

27They made the tunics of finely woven linen for Aaron and his sons, 28and the turban of fine linen, and the headdresses of the [†]caps 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 [†]weaver, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

30They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and [†]wrote upon it with engraved writing as found on a signet, “Holy to Yahweh.” 31They [†]fastened a blue cord to it, to [†]fasten it on the turban above, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

32Thus all the service of constructing the [†]tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses; so they did. 33They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its [†]furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its bases; 34and the covering of rams’ skins [†]dyed red, and the covering of porpoise skins, and the screening veil; 35the ark of the testimony and its poles and the [†]mercy seat; 36the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the [†]Presence; 37the pure gold lampstand, [†]with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent; 39the [†]bronze altar and its [†]bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the laver and its stand; 40the hangings for the court, its pillars and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pegs, and all the [†]equipment for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41the woven garments for ministering in the holy place and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests. 42Thus, according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did in all their service. 43And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; just as Yahweh had commanded, so they had done. Then Moses blessed them.