| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. | 2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. |
| 3And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs. | 3And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. |
| 4They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges. | 4They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. |
| 5And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 5And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 6And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel. | 6And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. |
| 7He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 7And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 8And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. | 8And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. |
| 9They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. | 9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. |
| 10And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; | 10And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. |
| 11the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; | 11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. |
| 12the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; | 12And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. |
| 13the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. | 13And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. |
| 14There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. | 14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. |
| 15And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. | 15And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. |
| 16They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. | 16And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. |
| 17And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. | 17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. |
| 18The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. | 18And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. |
| 19And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod. | 19And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. |
| 20They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. | 20And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. |
| 21And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 21And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 22He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. | 22And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. |
| 23And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear. | 23And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. |
| 24They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen. | 24And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. |
| 25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates: | 25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; |
| 26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 26A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 27They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons, | 27And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, |
| 28a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen, | 28And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, |
| 29and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 29And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 30Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. | 30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. |
| 31And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 32Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. | 32Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. |
| 33And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; | 33And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, |
| 34the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering; | 34And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, |
| 35the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat; | 35The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, |
| 36the table, all its utensils, and the showbread; | 36The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread, |
| 37the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light; | 37The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, |
| 38the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door; | 38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, |
| 39the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base; | 39The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, |
| 40the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; | 40The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, |
| 41and the garments of ministry, to minister in the holy place: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests. | 41The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. |
| 42According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. | 42According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. |
| 43Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them. | 43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. |
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