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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Fashion gold filigree settings |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald; |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece, |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam just above its woven waistband. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod. |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD. |
31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, |
32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear. |
33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them, |
34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe. |
35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die. |
36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. |
37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. |
38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD. |
39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash. |
40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor. |
41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests. |
42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh. |
43[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 43Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants. |
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