| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 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. | 1"And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests--Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. |
| 2Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. | 2You must make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty. |
| 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. | 3You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron's garments to set him apart to minister as my priest. |
| 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. | 4Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests. |
| 5They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen. | 5The artisans are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. |
| 6They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. | 6"They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer. |
| 7It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened. | 7It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together. |
| 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. | 8The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. |
| 9Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: | 9"You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, |
| 10six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth. | 10six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth. |
| 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. | 11You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings. |
| 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. | 12You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial. |
| 13Fashion gold filigree settings | 13You are to make filigree settings of gold |
| 14and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings. | 14and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings. |
| 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. | 15"You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. |
| 16It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide. | 16It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide. |
| 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; | 17You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl--the first row; |
| 18in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; | 18and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; |
| 19in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; | 19and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; |
| 20and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings. | 20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They are to be enclosed in gold in their filigree settings. |
| 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. | 21The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal. |
| 22For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold. | 22"You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold, |
| 23You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece. | 23and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece. |
| 24Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece, | 24You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece; |
| 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. | 25the other two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. |
| 26Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod. | 26You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod. |
| 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. | 27You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod. |
| 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. | 28They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod. |
| 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. | 29Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. |
| 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. | 30"You are to put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of decision; and they are to be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD. Aaron is to bear the decisions of the Israelites over his heart before the LORD continually. |
| 31You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, | 31"You are to make the robe of the ephod completely blue. |
| 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. | 32There is to be an opening in its top in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a collar, so that it cannot be torn. |
| 33Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them, | 33You are to make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet all around its hem and bells of gold between them all around. |
| 34alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe. | 34The pattern is to be a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe. |
| 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. | 35The robe is to be on Aaron as he ministers, and his sound will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he leaves, so that he does not die. |
| 36You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD. | 36"You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: "Holiness to the LORD." |
| 37Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. | 37You are to attach to it a blue cord so that it will be on the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban, |
| 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. | 38It will be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the LORD. |
| 39You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash. | 39You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer. |
| 40Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor. | 40"For Aaron's sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty. |
| 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. | 41"You are to clothe them--your brother Aaron and his sons with him--and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests. |
| 42Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh. | 42Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover from the waist to the thighs. |
| 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. | 43These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they bear no iniquity and die. It is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him. |
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