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Exodus 28

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1 And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest -- Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for ornament.

3 And thou shalt speak with all [that are] wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to hallow him, that he may serve me as priest.

4 And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a cloak, and a checkered vest, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may serve me as priest.

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus,

6 and shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, scarlet and twined byssus, of artistic work.

7 It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof, where it is joined together.

8 And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus.

9 And thou shalt 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 six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

11 According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.

12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod [as] stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

13 And thou shalt make enclosures of gold;

14 and two chains of pure gold; of laced work shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures.

15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it.

16 Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones -- four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald -- the first row;

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

19 and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;

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

21 And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.

22 And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen 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 wreathen [cords] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

25 and the two ends of the two wreathen [cords] thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put [them] on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.

26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.

27 And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.

28 And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

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

30 And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

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

32 And its opening for the head shall be in the midst thereof; there shall be a binding of woven work at its opening round about; as the opening of a coat of mail, it shall be in it -- it shall not rend.

33 And on the skirts thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, in the skirts of the cloak round about.

35 And it shall be on Aaron for service; that his sound may be heard when he goeth into the sanctuary before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he may not die.

36 And thou shalt make a thin plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, as the engravings of a seal, Holiness to Jehovah!

37 And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban -- upon the front of the turban shall it be.

38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all gifts of their holy things; and it shall be continually on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.

39 And thou shalt weave the vest of byssus; and thou shalt make a turban of byssus; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery.

40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make vests; and thou shalt make for them girdles; and high caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for ornament.

41 And thou shalt clothe with them Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and hallow them, that they may serve me as priests.

42 And thou shalt make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of nakedness; from the loins even to the hips shall they reach.

43 And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die -- an everlasting statute for him and 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.

Fusnotat:

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.