¹ And thou shalt cause to come·​·near to thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, that he may be·​·a·​·priest to Me, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

² And thou shalt make garments of holiness for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for adornment.

³ And thou shalt speak to all the wise in heart, whom I have·​·filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they shall make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may be·​·a·​·priest to Me.

⁴ And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a mantle, and a tunic of a square·​·weave, a miter, and a belt; and they shall make garments of holiness for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, that he may be·​·a·​·priest to Me.

⁵ And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the crimson, and the scarlet twice-dyed, and the fine·​·linen.

⁶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and crimson, of scarlet twice-dyed and fine· twined ·linen, with the work of a thinker.

⁷ It shall have^◦ two shoulders^◦ coupled at^▵ its two edges; and it shall be coupled.

⁸ And the girding^▵ of his ephod, which is upon it, according to the work of it, shall be from it; of gold, of blue and crimson, and scarlet twice-dyed and fine· twined ·linen.

⁹ And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰ Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the Six that remain on the other stone, according to their births.

¹¹ With the work^◦ of a craftsman in stone, with the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded with bezels of gold shalt thou make them.

¹² And thou shalt set the two stones on the shoulders^◦ of the ephod, to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah on his two shoulders^◦ for a remembrance.

¹³ And thou shalt make bezels of gold.

¹⁴ And two chains of pure^◦ gold; from their borders shalt thou make them, with rope making; and thou shalt put the chains of rope on the bezels.

¹⁵ And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, with the work of a thinker; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue and crimson, and scarlet twice-dyed and fine· twined ·linen, shalt thou make it.

¹⁶ Foursquare it shall be, doubled; a span its length, and a span its breadth.

¹⁷ And thou shalt·​·fill it with an infilling of stone, four rows of stone; a row, a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet, row one;

¹⁸ and the second row, a chrysoprase, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹⁹ and the third row, a cyanus^*, an agate, and an amethyst;

²⁰ and the fourth row, a tarshish^*, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set·​·in·​·bezels with gold in their infillings.

²¹ And the stones shall be above the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, above their names; with the engravings of a signet, for each·​·man^◦ above his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

²² And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains of the border with rope work^◦, of pure^◦ gold.

²³ And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put^◦ the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²⁴ And thou shalt put^◦ the two ropes of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

²⁵ And the two ends of the two ropes thou shalt put^◦ on the two bezels, and shalt put^◦ them on the shoulders^◦ of the ephod next·​·to its faces.

²⁶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt set them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the lip thereof, which is across the ephod towards the inside.

²⁷ And thou shalt make two rings of gold; and shalt put^◦ them on the two shoulders^◦ of the ephod from below, over against its faces, alongside its coupling, above the girding^▵ of the ephod.

²⁸ And they shall attach^◦ the breastplate by its rings to^▵ the rings of the ephod with a strand of blue, that it may be on the girding^▵ of the ephod, and that the breastplate not detach from on the ephod.

²⁹ And Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goes in to the holiness, for a remembrance before Jehovah continually.

³⁰ And thou shalt put^◦ into the breastplate of judgment the Urim^* and the Thummim^*; and they shall be on the heart of Aaron, when he comes·​·in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually.

³¹ And thou shalt make the mantle of the ephod all of blue.

³² And the mouth of its head shall be in its midst; a lip for its mouth shall be all around it, made by the weaver, as the mouth of a corslet^* it shall be for it, that it not be ripped.

³³ And on the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of crimson, and of scarlet twice-dyed, on the skirts of it all around; and bells of gold in the midst of them all around.

³⁴ A bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate, on the skirts of the mantle all around.

³⁵ And it shall be upon Aaron to minister; and its voice shall be heard when he goes·​·in to the holy place before Jehovah, and when he goes out, that he die not.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a plate^◦ of pure^◦ gold, and engrave upon it with the engravings of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah.

³⁷ And thou shalt set it upon a strand of blue, and it shall be upon the miter; over against the faces of the miter it shall be.

³⁸ And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the sons of Israel shall sanctify according·​·to all the gifts of their holy things; and it shall be on his forehead continually, to make them well·​·pleasing before Jehovah.

³⁹ And thou shalt weave· the tunic of fine·​·linen ·in·​·a·​·square·​·pattern, and thou shalt make a miter of fine·​·linen, and a belt thou shalt make with the work^◦ of the embroiderer.

⁴⁰ And for the sons of Aaron thou shalt make tunics, and thou shalt make for them belts; and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for adornment.

⁴¹ And thou shalt put them on Aaron thy brother, and on his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and fill their hand, and shalt sanctify them, and they shall be·​·priests to Me.

⁴² And thou shalt make for them breeches of linen to cover the flesh of nakedness; from the loins and even·​·to the thighs they shall be.

⁴³ And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come·​·in to^▵ the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holiness; lest they bear iniquity, and die; it is a statute of an age for him and for his seed after him.

¹ "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

² You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

³ You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.

⁴ These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.

⁵ They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

⁶ "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.

⁷ It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.

⁸ The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

⁹ You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

¹⁰ six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

¹¹ With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

¹² You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.

¹³ You shall make settings of gold,

¹⁴ and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.

¹⁵ "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.

¹⁶ It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.

¹⁷ You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

¹⁸ and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

¹⁹ and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

²⁰ and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.

²¹ The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

²² You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

²³ You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²⁴ You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

²⁵ The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.

²⁶ You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.

²⁷ You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

²⁸ They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.

²⁹ Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.

³⁰ You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.

³¹ "You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

³² It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.

³³ On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:

³⁴ a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.

³⁵ It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.

³⁶ "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'

³⁷ You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.

³⁸ It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.

³⁹ You shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.

⁴⁰ "You shall make coats for Aaron's sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

⁴¹ You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

⁴² You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:

⁴³ They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.