Exodus 28:1-20 ▼

1 “ And you, bring near to you Aaron your brother and his sons with him from the midst of the sons of Israel, that he may minister as priest to Me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

3 And you shall speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and they shall make the garments of Aaron to sanctify him, that he may minister as priest to Me.

4 And these are the garments that they shall make: A breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. And they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and for his sons, that he may minister as priest to Me.

5 And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet yarn, and the fine linen.

6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a designer.

7 It shall have unto it two shoulder straps joined at the two ends, and it shall be joined.

8 And the skillfully woven waistband of his ephod, that is on it, from it it shall be, according to its work: gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

9 And you shall take two onyx stones and you shall engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

11 the work of an engraver of stone, engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; turned in settings of gold you shall make them.

12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the face of YHWH on his two shoulders for a memorial.

13 And you shall make settings of gold,

14 and two chains of pure gold, a braided work, you shall make them cord; and you shall put the cords of chains on the settings.

15 And you shall make the breastplate of judgment, the work of a designer. You shall make it according to the workmanship of the ephod; you shall make it of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

16 It shall be square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its width.

17 And you shall fill in it fillings of stone, four rows of stone: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald are the first row;

18 and the second row is turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

19 and the third row is jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

20 and the fourth row is beryl, and onyx, and jasper. They shall be set in gold in their fillings.