Exodus 28:15-30 ▼

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.

21 And the stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel, two and ten, according to their names, the engravings of a signet, each one according to his name, they shall be for the two and ten tribes.

22 And you shall make on the breastplate chains, cords of braided work of pure gold.

23 And you shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 And you shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

25 And the two ends of the two cords you shall put on the two settings, and you shall put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, toward the front of its face.

26 And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge that is toward the side of the ephod inwardly.

27 And you shall make two rings of gold and you shall put them on the two shoulders of the ephod from below, toward its face, right at the seam above the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod.

28 And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, to be on the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod, and the breastplate shall not come loose from on the ephod.

29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place, for a memorial before the face of YHWH continually.

30 And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over the heart of Aaron when he goes in before the face of YHWH. And Aaron shall bear the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the face of YHWH continually.