From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven
garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy
garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and
fine twined linen. And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it
into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet
yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design. They made
for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two
edges. And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it
and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and
fine twined linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree,
and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the
names of the sons of Israel. And he set them on the shoulder pieces
of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as
the LORD had commanded Moses.
He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the
ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined
linen. It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its
length and a span its breadth when doubled. And they set in it four
rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the
first row; and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond; and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were
enclosed in settings of gold filigree. There were twelve stones
with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They
were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve
tribes. And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords,
of pure gold. And they made two settings of gold filigree and two
gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the
breastpiece. And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at
the edges of the breastpiece. They attached the two ends of the two
cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in
front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. Then they made two rings
of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its
inside edge next to the ephod. And they made two rings of gold, and
attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces
of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the
ephod. And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of
the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the
skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should
not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue, and the
opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a
binding around the opening, so that it might not tear. On the hem
of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet
yarns and fine twined linen. They also made bells of pure gold, and
put the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the
robe, between the pomegranates—a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and
a pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the
LORD had commanded Moses.
They also made the coats, woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his
sons, and the turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and
the linen undergarments of fine twined linen, and the sash of fine
twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered
with needlework, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on
it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the
LORD.” And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the
turban above, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was
finished, and the people of Israel did according to all that the
LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. Then they brought the
tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its
frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; the covering of
tanned rams' skins and goatskins, and the veil of the screen; the
ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; the table
with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; the lampstand
of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils,
and the oil for the light; the golden altar, the anointing oil and
the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance of the tent;
the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its
utensils; the basin and its stand; the hangings of the court, its
pillars, and its bases, and the screen for the gate of the court,
its cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of
the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; the finely worked garments
for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests.
According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the people
of Israel had done all the work. And Moses saw all the work, and
behold, they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, so had they
done it. Then Moses blessed them.
