1 F rom among the Israelites take your brother Aaron and his sons with him, that he may minister to Me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

“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 A nd you shall make for Aaron your brother sacred garments for honor and for beauty.

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

3 T ell all who are expert, whom I have endowed with skill and good judgment, that they shall make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him for My priesthood.

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 T hey shall make these garments: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, long and sleeved tunic of checkerwork, a turban, and a sash or band. They shall make sacred garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to minister to Me in the priest’s office.

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 T hey shall receive and use gold, and blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

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

6 A nd they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, skillfully woven and worked.

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

7 I t shall have two shoulder straps to join the two edges, that it may be held together.

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

8 T he skillfully woven girding band which is on the ephod shall be made of the same, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

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 A nd you shall take two onyx or beryl stones and engrave on them the names of the twelve sons of Israel;

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

10 S ix of their names on one stone and the six names of the rest on the other stone, arranged in order of their birth.

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 W ith the work of a stone engraver, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel. You shall have them set in sockets or rosettes of gold.

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 A nd you shall put the two stones upon the shoulder straps of the ephod as memorial stones for Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names upon his two shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.

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 A nd you shall make sockets or rosettes of gold for settings,

You shall make settings of gold,

14 A nd two chains of pure gold, like cords shall you twist them, and fasten the corded chains to the settings.

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 Y ou shall make a breastplate of judgment, in skilled work; like the workmanship of the ephod shall you make it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine twined linen.

“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 T he breastplate shall be square and doubled; a span shall be its length and a span shall be its breadth.

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

17 Y ou shall set in it four rows of stones: a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle shall be the first row;

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 T he second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

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

19 T he third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

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

20 A nd the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.

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

21 A nd the stones shall be twelve, according to the names of the sons of Israel, like the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

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 Y ou shall make for the breastplate chains of pure gold twisted like cords.

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

23 Y ou shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold and put on the two edges of the breastplate.

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

24 A nd you shall put the two twisted, cordlike chains of gold in the two rings which are on the edges of the breastplate.

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

25 T he other two ends of the two twisted, cordlike chains you shall fasten in the two sockets or rosettes in front, putting them on the shoulder straps of the ephod;

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 A nd make two rings of gold and put them at the two ends of the breastplate on its inside edge next to the ephod.

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 T wo gold rings you shall make and attach them to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod in front, close by where they join, above the skillfully woven girdle or band of the ephod.

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 A nd they shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the skillfully woven girding band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not become loose from the ephod.

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 S o Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them in continual remembrance before the Lord.

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 I n the breastplate of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim; they shall be upon Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord, and Aaron shall bear the judgment (rights, judicial decisions) of the Israelites upon his heart before the Lord continually.

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 M ake the robe the ephod all of blue.

“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

32 T here shall be a hole in the center of it, with a binding of woven work around the hole, like the opening in a coat of mail or a garment, that it may not fray or tear.

It shall have a hole for the head in the middle of it. 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 A nd you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet around about its skirts, with gold bells between them;

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 gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, round about on the skirts of the robe.

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

35 A aron shall wear the robe when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy of Holies before the Lord and when he comes out, lest he die there.

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 A nd you shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, holy to the lord.

“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’

37 Y ou shall fasten it on the front of the turban with a blue cord.

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 I t shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may take upon himself and bear iniquity the holy things which the Israelites shall give and dedicate; and it shall always be upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

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 A nd you shall weave the long and sleeved tunic of checkerwork of fine linen or silk and make a turban of fine linen or silk; and you shall make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.

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 F or Aaron’s sons you shall make long and sleeved tunics and belts or sashes and caps, for glory and honor and beauty.

“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 A nd you shall put them on Aaron your brother and his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain and sanctify them, that they may serve Me as priests.

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 Y ou shall make for them linen trunks to cover their naked flesh, reaching from the waist to the thighs.

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

43 A nd they shall be on Aaron and his sons when they go into the Tent of Meeting or when they come near to the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bring iniquity upon themselves and die; it shall be a statute forever to Aaron and to his descendants after him.

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 offspring after him.