Exodus 39:1-14 ▼

1 Truly, from hyacinth and purple, vermillion and fine linen, he made the vestments with which Aaron was clothed when he ministered in the holy places, just as the Lord instructed Moses.

2 And so he made an ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen,

3 wrought with embroidery. And he cut thin strips of gold and drew them into threads, so that they could be twisted into the weave of the first colors.

4 And he made two edges, coupled to one another at the top of both sides,

5 and a wide belt from the same colors, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

6 He also prepared two onyx stones, set and enclosed in gold, and engraved with the skill of a jeweler, with the names of the sons of Israel.

7 And he set them in the sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

8 He also made a breastplate, wrought with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, from gold, hyacinth, purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen:

9 with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.

10 And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald;

11 in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper;

12 in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst;

13 in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows.

14 And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name.