1“And you <0859>, bring near <07126> to <0413> you your brother <0251> Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121> <01121> with <0854> him from among <08432> the Israelites <03478>, so that they may minister <03547> as my priests– Aaron <0175>, Nadab <05070> and Abihu <030>, Eleazar <0499> and Ithamar <0385>, Aaron’s <0175> sons <01121>.
2You must make <06213> holy <06944> garments <0899> for your brother <0251> Aaron <0175>, for glory <03519> and for beauty <08597>.
3You <0859> are to speak <01696> to <0413> all <03605> who are specially skilled <03820> <02450>, whom <0834> I have filled <04390> with the spirit <07307> of wisdom <02451>, so that they may make <06213> Aaron’s <0175> garments <0899> to set <06942> him apart <06942> to minister as <03547> my priest <03547>.
4Now these <0428> are the garments <0899> that <0834> they are to make <06213>: a breastpiece <02833>, an ephod <0646>, a robe <04598>, a fitted <08665> tunic <03801>, a turban <04701>, and a sash <073>. They are to make <06213> holy <06944> garments <0899> for your brother <0251> Aaron <0175> and for his sons <01121>, that they may minister <03547> as my priests.
5The artisans <01992> are to use <03947> the gold <02091>, blue <08504>, purple <0713>, scarlet <08144> <08438>, and fine linen <08336>.
6“They are to make <06213> the ephod <0646> of gold <02091>, blue <08504>, purple <0713>, scarlet <08144> <08438>, and fine <08336> twisted <07806> linen <08336>, the work <04639> of an artistic designer <02803>.
7It is to have <01961> two <08147> shoulder pieces <03802> attached <02266> to <0413> two <08147> of its corners <07098>, so it can be joined <02266> together.
8The artistically woven waistband <02805> of the ephod <0642> that <0834> is on <05921> it is to be <01961> like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold <02091>, blue <08504>, purple <0713>, scarlet <08144> <08438>, and fine <08336> twisted <07806> linen <08336>.
9“You are to take <03947> two <08147> onyx <07718> stones <068> and engrave <06605> on <05921> them the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478>,
10six <08337> of their names <08034> on <05921> one <0259> stone <068>, and the six <08337> remaining <03498> names <08034> on <05921> the second <08145> stone <068>, according to the order of their birth <08435>.
11You are to engrave <06605> the <0853> two <08147> stones <068> with the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> with the work <04639> of an engraver <02796> in stone <068>, like the engravings <06603> of a seal <02368>; you are to have them <0853> set <06213> in gold <02091> filigree <04865> settings <04142>.
12You are to put <07760> the two <08147> stones <068> on <05921> the shoulders <03802> of the ephod <0646>, stones <068> of memorial <02146> for the sons <01121> of Israel <03478>, and Aaron <0175> will bear <05375> their names <08034> before <06440> the Lord <03068> on <05921> his two <08147> shoulders <03802> for a memorial <02146>.
13You are to make <06213> filigree settings <04865> of gold <02091>
14and two <08147> braided chains <08333> of pure <02889> gold <02091>, like a cord <05688>, and attach <05414> the chains <05688> <08333> to the settings <04865>.
15“You are to make <06213> a breastpiece <02833> for use in making decisions <04941>, the work <04639> of an artistic <02803> designer; you <02803> are to make <06213> it in the same fashion as the ephod <0646>; you are to make <06213> it of gold <02091>, blue <08504>, purple <0713>, scarlet <08144> <08438>, and fine <08336> twisted <07806> linen <08336>.
16It is to be <01961> square <07251> when doubled <03717>, nine inches <02239> long <0753> and nine inches <02239> wide <07341>.
17You are to set <04390> in it a setting <04396> for stones <068>, four <0702> rows <02905> of stones <068>, a row <02905> with a ruby <0124>, a topaz <06357>, and a beryl <01304>– the first <0259> row <02905>;
18and the second <08145> row <02905>, a turquoise <05306>, a sapphire <05601>, and an emerald <03095>;
19and the third <07992> row <02905>, a jacinth <03958>, an agate <07618>, and an amethyst <0306>;
20and the fourth <07243> row <02905>, a chrysolite <08658>, an onyx <07718>, and a jasper <03471>. They are to be <01961> enclosed <07660> in gold <02091> in their filigree settings <04396>.
21The stones <068> are to be <01961> for <05921> the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478>, twelve <06240> <08147>, according <05921> to the number of their names <08034>. Each <0376> name <08034> according <05921> to the twelve <06240> <08147> tribes <07626> is to be <01961> like the engravings <06603> of a seal <02368>.
22“You are to make <06213> for <05921> the breastpiece <02833> braided <04639> <01383> chains <08331> like cords <05688> of pure <02889> gold <02091>,
23and you are to make <06213> for <05921> the breastpiece <02833> two <08147> gold <02091> rings <02885> and attach <05414> the two <08147> rings <02885> to <05921> the upper two <08147> ends <07098> of the breastpiece <02833>.
24You are to attach the two <08147> gold <02091> chains <05688> to the two <08147> rings <02885> at the ends <07098> of the breastpiece <02833>;
25the other two <08147> ends <07098> of the two <08147> chains <05688> you will attach <05414> to <05921> the two <08147> settings <04865> and then attach <05414> them to <05921> the shoulder pieces <03802> of the ephod <0646> at <0413> the front <06440> of <04136> it.
26You are to make <06213> two <08147> rings <02885> of gold <02091> and put <07760> them on <05921> the other two <08147> ends <07098> of the breastpiece <02833>, on <05921> its edge <08193> that <0834> is on <0413> the inner <01004> side <05676> of the ephod <0646>.
27You are to make <06213> two <08147> more gold <02091> rings <02885> and attach <05414> them to the bottom <04295> of the two <08147> shoulder pieces <03802> on the front <06440> <04136> of the ephod <0646>, close to <05980> the juncture <04225> above <04605> the waistband <02805> of the ephod <0646>.
28They are to tie <07405> the breastpiece <02833> by its rings <02885> to <0413> the rings <02885> of the ephod <0646> by blue <08504> cord <06616>, so that it may be <01961> above <05921> the waistband <02805> of the ephod <0646>, and so that the breastpiece <02833> will not <03808> be loose <02118> from <05921> the ephod <0646>.
29Aaron <0175> will bear <05375> the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> in the breastpiece <02833> of decision <04941> over <05921> his heart <03820> when he goes <0935> into <0413> the holy <06944> place, for a memorial <02146> before <06440> the Lord <03068> continually <08548>.
30“You are to put <05414> the Urim <0224> and the Thummim <08550> into <0413> the breastpiece <02833> of decision <04941>; and they are to be <01961> over <05921> Aaron’s <0175> heart <03820> when he goes <0935> in before <06440> the Lord <03068>. Aaron <0175> is to bear <05375> the decisions <04941> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> over <05921> his heart <03820> before <06440> the Lord <03068> continually <08548>.
31“You are to make <06213> the robe <04598> of the ephod <0646> completely <03632> blue <08504>.
32There is to be <01961> an opening <06310> in its top <07218> in the center <08432> of it, with an edge <08193> all around <05439> the opening <06310>, the work <04639> of a weaver <0707>, like the opening <06310> of a collar <08473>, so that it cannot <03808> be <01961> torn <07167>.
33You are to make <06213> pomegranates <07416> of blue <08504>, purple <0713>, and scarlet <08144> <08438> all around <05439> its hem <07757> and bells <06472> of gold <02091> between <08432> them all around <05439>.
34The pattern is to be a gold <02091> bell <06472> and a pomegranate <07416>, a gold <02091> bell <06472> and a pomegranate <07416>, all around <05439> the hem <07757> of the robe <04598>.
35The robe is to be <01961> on <05921> Aaron <0175> as he ministers <08334>, and his sound <06963> will be heard <08085> when he enters <0935> the Holy <06944> Place before <06440> the Lord <03068> and when he leaves <03318>, so that he does not <03808> die <04191>.
36“You are to make <06213> a plate <06731> of pure <02889> gold <02091> and engrave <06603> on it the way a seal <02368> is engraved: “Holiness <06944> to the Lord <03068>.”
37You are to attach <07760> to it a blue <08504> cord <06616> so that it will be <01961> on <05921> the turban <04701>; it is to <0413> be <01961> on <04136> the front of <06440> the turban <04701>,
38It will be <01961> on <05921> Aaron’s <0175> forehead <04696>, and Aaron <0175> will bear <05375> the iniquity <05771> of the holy <06944> things, which <0834> the Israelites <03478> <01121> are to sanctify <06942> by all <03605> their holy <06944> gifts <04979>; it will always be <01961> on <05921> his forehead <04696>, for their acceptance <07522> before <06440> the Lord <03068>.
39You are to weave <07660> the tunic <03801> of fine linen <08336> and make <06213> the turban <04701> of fine linen <08336>, and make <06213> the sash <073> the work <04639> of an embroiderer <07551>.
40“For Aaron’s <0175> sons <01121> you are to make <06213> <06213> tunics <03801>, sashes <073>, and headbands <04021> for glory <03519> and for beauty <08597>.
41“You are to clothe <03847> them– your brother <0251> Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121> with him– and anoint <04886> them and ordain <03027> <04390> them and set <06942> them apart <06942> as holy <06942>, so that they may minister <03547> as my priests.
42Make <06213> for them linen <0906> undergarments <04370> to cover <03680> their naked <06172> bodies <01320>; they must cover <01961> from the waist <04975> to <05704> the thighs <03409>.
43These must be <01961> on <05921> Aaron <0175> and his sons <01121> when they enter <0935> to <0413> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>, or <0176> when they approach <0413> <05066> the altar <04196> to minister <08334> in the Holy <06944> Place, so that they bear <05375> no <03808> iniquity <05771> and die <04191>. It is to be a perpetual <05769> ordinance <02708> for him and for his descendants <02233> after <0310> him.