Dual Panel1Out of all the Israelites you are to summon to your presence your brother Aaron and his sons to serve as my priests: Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2For your brother Aaron make sacred vestments, to give him dignity and grandeur.
3To all the craftsmen whom I have endowed with skill give instructions for making the vestments for the consecration of Aaron as my priest.
4These are the vestments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a mantle, a chequered tunic, a turban, and a sash. For Aaron your brother and his sons to wear when they serve as my priests they are to make sacred vestments,
5using gold, violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
6The ephod will be made of gold, and with violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely woven linen worked by a seamster.
7It will have two shoulder-pieces joined back and front.
8The waistband on it will be of the same workmanship and material as the fabric of the ephod, and will be of gold, with violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.
9You are to take two cornelians and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
10six of their names on one stone, and the six other names on the second, all in order of seniority.
11With the skill of a craftsman, a seal-cutter, you are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; set them in gold rosettes,
12and fasten them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as reminders of the sons of Israel. Aaron will bear their names on his shoulders as a reminder before the LORD.
13Make gold rosettes
14and two chains of pure gold worked into the form of cords, which you will fix on the rosettes.
15Make the breastpiece of judgement; it is to be made in gold, like the ephod, by a seamster, with violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.
16It will form a square when folded double, a span long and a span wide.
17Arrange on it four rows of precious stones: the first row, sardin, chrysolite, and green feldspar;
18the second row, purple garnet, sapphire, and jade;
19the third row, turquoise, agate, and jasper;
20the fourth row, topaz, cornelian, and green jasper, all set in gold rosettes.
21The stones will correspond to the twelve sons of Israel name by name, each stone bearing the name of one of the twelve tribes engraved as on a seal.
22Make for the breastpiece chains of pure gold worked into a cord.
23Make two gold rings, and fix them on the two upper corners of the breastpiece.
24Fasten the two gold cords to the two rings at those corners of the breastpiece,
25and the other ends of the ropes to the two rosettes, thus binding the breastpiece to the shoulder-pieces on the front of the ephod.
26Make two gold rings and put them at the two lower corners of the breastpiece on the inner side next to the ephod.
27Make two gold rings and fix them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod, low down in front, along its seam above the waistband of the ephod.
28Then the breastpiece is to be bound by its rings to the rings of the ephod with violet braid, just above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece does not become loosened from the ephod.
29So, when Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear over his heart in the breastpiece of judgement the names of the sons of Israel, as a constant reminder before the LORD.
30Finally, put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of judgement, and they will be over Aaron's heart when he enters the presence of the LORD. So Aaron will bear these symbols of judgement upon the sons of Israel over his heart constantly before the LORD.
31Make the mantle of the ephod a single piece of violet stuff.
32Make an opening for the head in the middle of it. All round the opening there will be a hem of woven work, with an oversewn edge, to prevent it tearing.
33On its hem make pomegranates of violet, purple, and scarlet stuff, with golden bells between them,
34a golden bell and a pomegranate alternately the whole way round the hem of the mantle.
35Aaron is to wear it when he ministers, and the sound of it will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out; and so he will not die.
36Make a medallion of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: “Holy to the LORD”.
37Fasten it on a violet braid and set it on the front of the turban.
38It is to be on Aaron's forehead; he has to bear the blame for defects in the rites with which the Israelites offer their sacred gifts, and the medallion will be always on his forehead so that they may be acceptable to the LORD.
39Make the chequered tunic and the turban of fine linen, but the sash of embroidered work.
40For Aaron's sons make tunics and sashes; and make tall headdresses to give them dignity and grandeur.
41With these invest your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, install them, and consecrate them; so they will serve me as priests.
42Make for them linen shorts reaching to the thighs to cover their private parts;
43and Aaron and his sons must wear them when they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary. Thus they will not incur guilt and die. This is a statute binding on him and his descendants for all time.