1 “ Take from among the people of Israel your brother Aaron and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, to work for Me as religious leaders.

From 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.

2 M ake holy clothing for your brother Aaron, for honor and for beauty.

And you shall make for Aaron your brother sacred garments for honor and for beauty.

3 T ell all the able workmen, whom I have given the spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s clothing to set him apart for My work. He will work for Me as a religious leader.

Tell 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.

4 T hese are the clothes they will make: A breast-piece, a linen vest, a long piece of clothing, a long coat, a head-covering, and a wide belt. They will make holy clothing for your brother Aaron and his sons to work for Me as religious leaders.

They 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.

5 T hey will use gold and blue and purple and red cloth and fine linen. The Linen Vest

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

6 “ They will use gold and blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen to make the linen vest that holds the breast-piece. It will be the work of the able workman.

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

7 I t will have two shoulder pieces to join it at the two ends.

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

8 T he well-made belt on it will be made of the same gold and blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen.

The 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.

9 T ake two onyx stones and cut on them the names of Israel’s sons.

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

10 P ut six of their names on one stone, and the six names of the others on the other stone, from the oldest to the youngest.

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

11 A s an able workman cuts words in a ring, cut the names of Israel’s sons on the two stones. Then set them into beautiful pieces of gold.

With 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.

12 P ut the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the linen vest, as stones for the family groups of Israel to be remembered. Aaron will carry their names on his two shoulders before the Lord, to be remembered.

And 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.

13 M ake beautiful pieces of gold

And you shall make sockets or rosettes of gold for settings,

14 a nd two chains of pure gold. Make them like ropes are made. And put the chains on the pieces of gold. The Breast-Piece

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

15 “ Make a breast-piece to be used when judging. It is to be made by an able workman. Make it like the work of the linen vest, of gold, and blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen.

You 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.

16 I t will be as long as it is wide, with one half laid over the other. Make it as long and as wide as a man’s fingers can spread.

The breastplate shall be square and doubled; a span shall be its length and a span shall be its breadth.

17 P ut four straight rows of stones on it. The first row will be a ruby, a topaz and an emerald.

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

18 T he second row will be a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond.

The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

19 T he third row will be a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst.

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

20 A nd the fourth row will be a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They will be set in beautiful pieces of gold.

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

21 T here will be twelve stones, one for each name of the sons of Israel. The name of each family group will be cut on one of these special stones.

And 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.

22 M ake chains for the breast-piece, like ropes of pure gold.

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

23 A nd make two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breast-piece.

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

24 J oin the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breast-piece.

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

25 J oin the other two ends of the two chains to the beautiful gold pieces that hold the two stones at the shoulders in the front.

The 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;

26 M ake two rings of gold to put on the two ends of the breast-piece, on the inside, next to the linen vest.

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

27 T hen make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the linen vest in front, near where they join. They will be above the well-made belt of the linen vest.

Two 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.

28 T ie the rings of the breast-piece to the rings of the linen vest with a blue rope so the breast-piece may not come loose from the linen vest.

And 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.

29 “ Aaron will carry the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breast-piece of judging when he goes in the holy place, so they will be remembered before the Lord all the time. Other Religious Leaders’ Clothes

So 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.

30 “ Put the Urim and the Thummim into the breast-piece over Aaron’s heart when he goes before the Lord. Aaron will carry the judging of the people of Israel over his heart before the Lord all the time.

In 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.

31 “ Make the long piece of clothing all of blue.

Make the robe the ephod all of blue.

32 T here will be an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening it will be sewed like the opening on heavy battle clothes, so it may not be torn.

There 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.

33 M ake pomegranates of blue and purple and red cloth to put all around the bottom of this clothing. And put bells of gold between them.

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

34 P ut a gold bell and a pomegranate, then a gold bell and a pomegranate, all the way around the bottom of this clothing.

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

35 A aron will wear it when he serves Me. The sound of the bells will be heard when he goes in the holy place and when he comes out so that he will not die.

Aaron 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.

36 “ Make a plate of pure gold and write on it, ‘Holy to the Lord.’

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

37 P ut it to the front of the head covering with a blue rope.

You shall fasten it on the front of the turban with a blue cord.

38 I t will be on Aaron’s forehead. Aaron will take away the sin of the holy things which the people of Israel set apart for the Lord as their holy gifts. It will always be on his forehead, so they may be received by the Lord.

It 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.

39 M ake the long coat of fine linen, a head covering of fine linen, and a wide belt, the work of an able workman.

And 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.

40 “ Make long coats for Aaron’s sons. And make belts and head coverings for them, for honor and for beauty.

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

41 D ress your brother Aaron and his sons in them. Then pour oil on them, set them apart and make them holy, so they may serve Me as religious leaders.

And 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.

42 M ake for them linen clothing to cover their flesh from their belts to their legs.

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

43 A aron and his sons will wear them when they go into the meeting tent, or when they go near the altar to serve in the holy place. Then they will not be guilty and die. It will be a law for him and for his children forever.

And 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.