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Exodus 28

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1 `And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, [even] Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;

2 and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty;

3 and thou -- thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled [with] a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me.

4 `And these [are] the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me.

5 `And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

6 and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer;

7 it hath two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined.

8 `And the girdle of his ephod which [is] on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

9 `And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel;

10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

11 the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered [with] gold, thou dost make them.

12 `And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod -- stones of memorial to the sons of Israel -- and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.

13 `And thou hast made embroidered things of gold,

14 and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

15 `And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it;

16 it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

17 `And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row;

18 and the second row [is] emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

19 and the third row [is] opal, agate, and amethyst;

20 and the fourth row [is] beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,

21 and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.

22 `And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

23 and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;

24 and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

25 and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put [them] on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.

26 `And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which [is] over-against the ephod within;

27 and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,

28 and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.

29 `And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.

30 `And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually.

31 `And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,

32 and the opening for its head hath been in its midst, a border is to its opening round about, work of a weaver, as the opening of a habergeon there is to it; it is not rent.

33 `And thou hast made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem round about, and bells of gold in their midst round about;

34 a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate [are] on the hems of the upper robe round about.

35 `And it hath been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound hath been heard in his coming in unto the sanctuary before Jehovah, and in his going out, and he doth not die.

36 `And thou hast made a flower of pure gold, and hast opened on it -- openings of a signet -- `Holy to Jehovah;'

37 and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre -- over-against the front of the mitre it is;

38 and it hath been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron hath borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel do hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it hath been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before Jehovah.

39 `And thou hast embroidered the coat of linen, and hast made a mitre of linen, and a girdle thou dost make -- work of an embroiderer.

40 `And for the sons of Aaron thou dost make coats, and thou hast made for them girdles, yea, bonnets thou dost make for them, for honour and for beauty;

41 and thou hast clothed Aaron thy brother with them, and his sons with him, and hast anointed them, and hast consecrated their hand, and hast sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me.

42 `And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;

43 and they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him.

   

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10807. Exodus 39

1. And from the violet, and the purple, and the twice-dyed scarlet they made the garments of service for serving in the holy place; and they made the holy garments 1 that were for Aaron, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

2. And he made the ephod from gold, violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen.

3. And they beat out 2 the plates of gold and cut them up into threads, to work in among the violet, and in among the purple, and in among the twice-dyed scarlet, and in among the fine linen, with the work of a designer.

4. They made shoulder-pieces for it linked together; on its two ends it was linked together.

5. And the girdle of his ephod, which was on it, was of [one piece with] it, being of the same workmanship 3 , [made] from gold, violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

6. And they set the shoham 4 stones, enclosed in sockets of gold, engraved - [like] the engravings of a signet - with the names of the sons of Israel.

7. And he placed them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

8. And he made the breastplate, with the work of a designer, in accord with the work of the ephod, from gold, violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen.

9. It was square; doubled they made the breastplate. A span was the length of it and a span the breadth of it when it was doubled 5 .

10. And they filled it with four rows of stones, the order being, A ruby, a topaz, and a carbuncle - the first row;

11. And the second row, A chrysoprase, a sapphire, and a diamond;

12. And the third row, A lapis lazuli, an agate, and an amethyst;

13. And the fourth row, A tarshish 6 , a shoham 4 , and a jasper. They were enclosed in sockets of gold, in their settings.

14. And the stones for it were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve; according to their names, with the engravings of a signet, each according to its name, they were for the twelve tribes.

15. And they made on the breastplate small chains on the border 7 with the work of slender rope 8 , from pure gold.

16. And they made two sockets of gold, and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

17. And they put the two slender ropes of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

18. And the two ends of the two slender ropes they put into the two sockets, and put them onto the shoulder-pieces of the ephod before the face of it.

19. And they made two rings of gold, and placed them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it which is on this side of the ephod, inwards.

20. And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod, below before the face of it, against the join above the girdle of the ephod.

21. And they tied the breastplate from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of violet, so that it was above the girdle of the ephod, in order that the breastplate might not come away from upon the ephod, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

22. And he made the robe of the ephod with the work of a weaver, the whole from violet.

23. And he made the hole 9 of the robe, in the middle of it, its hole 9 having an edge round about, so that it would not tear.

24. And they made on the hem of the robe pomegranates from violet, and purple, and interwoven twice-dyed scarlet.

25. And they made bells of pure gold, and they put the bells in the middle of the pomegranates on the hem of the robe round about, in the middle of the pomegranates -

26. A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe round about, for ministering in, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

27. And they made the tunics of fine linen, with the work of a weaver, for Aaron and his sons,

28. And the turban from fine linen, and the adorning headdresses 10 from fine linen, and the linen undergarments from fine twined linen,

29. And the belt from fine twined linen, and violet, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with the work of an embroiderer, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

30. And they made the plate of the crown of holiness from pure gold, and wrote on it, [like] the writing of the engraving of a signet, Holiness to Jehovah.

31. And they attached to it 11 a cord of violet, to attach it to 12 the top of the turban, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

32. And all the work of the dwelling-place of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all the things that Jehovah had commanded Moses; so they did.

33. And they brought the dwelling-place to Moses, the tent and all its vessels, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its bases,

34. And the covering of skins of red rams 13 , and the covering of skins of badgers, and the veil of the screen,

35. The ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercy-seat,

36. The table, all its vessels, and the bread of the Presence 15 ,

37. The pure lampstand, its lamps (the lamps set in order 15 ), and all its vessels, and the oil for the light,

38. And the altar of gold, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the screen at the door of the tent,

39. The altar of bronze, and the grating of bronze made for it, its poles, and all its vessels, the laver and its pedestal,

40. The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the screen of the gate of the court, its ropes, and its pegs, and all the vessels of service of the dwelling-place, for the tent of meeting,

41. The garments of service for serving in the holy place, the holy garments 16 for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for serving in the priestly office.

42. According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work 17 .

43. And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Jehovah had commanded; so they had done. And Moses blessed them.

CONTENTS

Since the inner meaning of the things contained in this chapter have been explained before - those regarding the garments of Aaron and his sons in Chapter Exodus 28 - further explanation of them can be dispensed with.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, garments of holiness

2. literally, expanded

3. literally, being according to the work of it

4. A Hebrew word for a precious stone, probably an onyx

5. i.e. the material, which was a cubit long and half a cubit or a span wide, was folded in half to form a square.

6. Possibly a beryl

7. Most English versions take the Hebrew word to mean of braided thread.

8. i.e. gold threads braided together which look like a cord or slender rope

9. literally, mouth

10. literally, adornments of headdresses

11. literally, they gave onto it

12. literally, to give onto

13. The Hebrew is usually taken to mean ram skins which have been dyed red.

15. literally, the lamps of the setting in order

16. literally, garments of holiness

17. literally, service i.e. service to God

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.