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.

`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, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;

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

and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

`And the girdle of his ephod which on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 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;

`And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons 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 remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

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.

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 gold, thou dost make them.

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.

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

`And thou hast made embroidered things 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, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

and the second row emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

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

and the third row opal, agate, and 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 beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they 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.

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

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

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

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

and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on 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;

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

`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 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.

`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 M ake the robe the ephod all of blue.

`And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely 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.

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 A nd you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet around about its skirts, with gold bells between them;

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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

`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 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.

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

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

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.

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.