Exodus 28:1-21 ▼

1 |You are to bring your brother Aaron, along with his sons, from among the Israelis so they can serve as priests for me: that is, Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 You are to make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for dignity and beauty.

3 You are to speak to all who are skilled, whom I've endowed with talent, that they should make Aaron's garments for consecrating him to serve me as priest.

4 These are the garments that they are to make: a breast piece, an ephod, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for Aaron your brother and for his sons to serve me as priests.

5 They are to use gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, as well as fine linen.|

6 |They are to make the ephod from gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, all of it skillfully worked.

7 It is to have two shoulder-pieces attached to its two edges so it can be joined together.

8 The skillfully woven band that is on it is to be made like it, that is, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen.

9 You are to take two onyx stones and engrave the names of the sons of Israel on them,

10 six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the other stone. Engrave them according to their order of birth.

11 With work like a jeweler engraves on a signet, you are to inscribe the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel, and you are to mount them in settings of gold filigree.

12 You are to put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of remembrance representing the sons of Israel, and Aaron is to carry their names into the LORD's presence on his two shoulders as a memorial.

13 You are to make settings of gold filigree,

14 and you are to make two chains of pure gold twisted like cords, and then fasten the twisted chains to the filigree settings.|

15 |You are to make a breast piece to be worn by the high priest when he makes legal decisions. It is to be skillfully worked, made like the work of the ephod from gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and from fine woven linen.

16 It is to be square when folded double, one hand span long and one hand span wide.

17 You are to mount on it a setting for four rows of stones. The first row is to contain carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

18 the second row ruby, sapphire, and crystal;

19 the third row jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

20 the fourth row beryl, onyx, and jasper, and they are to be set in gold filigree.

21 The stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve stones corresponding to their names. They are to be engraved like a signet, each with the name of one of the twelve tribes.