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Garments for the priests

¹Now bring your brother Aaron near to you, and his sons with him, out from among the Israelites, to serve me as priests: Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²You are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to clothe him with glory and beauty. ³Speak to all who are wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and have them make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, so that he may serve me as priest.^{a 4}The garments they are to make are these: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a tunic of checkered weave, a turban and a sash. They will make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, for their service to me as priests. ⁵The workers are to take the gold, the blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen.

The ephod

⁶They are to make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen, the work of a skilled designer. ⁷Two shoulder pieces are to be joined to its two ends, so that it is fastened together. ⁸The band woven to fasten it, which goes around it, must be made in the same way and form a single piece with it, of gold, blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen. ⁹Take two onyx stones, and on them engrave the names of the sons of Israel,^{b 10}six of their names on the first stone and the other six names on the second, in the order they were born. ¹¹Cut the names of the sons of Israel into the two stones with the skill of a stone engraver cutting a seal. Enclose the stones in settings of gold filigree. ¹²Put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. Aaron will carry their names before the LORD on his two shoulders, for remembrance.

¹³Make settings of gold filigree, ¹⁴and two chains of pure gold, braided the way cord is braided, and fasten these corded chains to the settings.

The breastpiece of judgment

¹⁵Make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled designer. Make it in the same way as the ephod, of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen. ¹⁶It is to be square and folded double, about 9 inches long and about 9 inches wide. ¹⁷Fill it with mounted stones in four rows. In the first row are to be a carnelian, a topaz and a beryl;^{c 18}in the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald; ¹⁹in the third row, a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst; ²⁰and in the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper. They are to be mounted in gold settings. ²¹The stones are to bear the names of the sons of Israel, twelve stones for their twelve names. Cut each one like a seal with its own name, for the twelve tribes. ²²On the breastpiece make chains of pure gold, twisted like cords. ²³Make two gold rings for the breastpiece, and put the two rings at two of its corners. ²⁴Fasten the two gold cords to the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece. ²⁵Fasten the other two ends of the two cords to the two settings, and so attach them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. ²⁶Make two gold rings as well, and set them at the two lower ends of the breastpiece, on the edge that lies against the ephod, on the inner side. ²⁷Make yet another two gold rings. Put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod toward the bottom of its front side, close to where it is joined, above the woven band of the ephod. ²⁸Bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it stays on the woven band of the ephod and does not come away from it. ²⁹So Aaron will carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastpiece of judgment over his heart whenever he goes into the holy place, to keep them in remembrance before the LORD at all times. ³⁰Put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of judgment, so that they are over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. So Aaron will always carry, over his heart before the LORD, the judgment of the Israelites.^d

The robe

³¹The robe that goes under the ephod is to be made wholly of blue. ³²In the middle there is to be an opening for the head. Around the opening put a hem of woven work, like the neck of a coat of armor, so that it will not rip.^{e 33}Around its hem make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, all the way around, with gold bells between them all around, ³⁴a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe. ³⁵The robe is to be on Aaron when he ministers. As he enters the holy place to stand before the LORD, and as he leaves, its ringing will be heard, and so he will not die.

The gold plate and other garments

³⁶You are to make a plate of pure gold and cut on it, the way a seal is cut, the words ‘Holy to the LORD.’ ³⁷Put it on a cord of blue and set it on the turban. It belongs on the turban’s front. ³⁸Aaron is to wear it on his forehead. In this way he will carry the guilt of the holy things the Israelites consecrate, whatever holy gifts they bring. It will rest on his forehead at all times, so that they find acceptance before the LORD. ³⁹Weave the tunic in a checkered weave from fine linen. The turban too is to be of fine linen. For the sash, make one worked in colors by an embroiderer. ⁴⁰Aaron’s sons are also to have tunics; make sashes and caps for them as well, for glory and for beauty. ⁴¹Clothe your brother Aaron, and his sons with him, in these garments. Then anoint them, ordain them and consecrate them to serve me as priests. ⁴²Make them linen undergarments to cover the nakedness of their bodies; they are to reach from the hips down to the thighs. ⁴³These are to be on Aaron and his sons when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to serve in the holy place; then they will not bring guilt on themselves and die. It is a statute for all time for Aaron and for his descendants after him.