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

“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.

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

Make holy clothing for your brother Aaron, for honor and for beauty.

3 a nd 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.

Tell 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.

4 ` 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.

These 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.

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

They will use gold and blue and purple and red cloth and fine linen. The Linen Vest

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

“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.

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

It will have two shoulder pieces to join it at the two ends.

8 ` 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.

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

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

Take two onyx stones and cut on them the names of Israel’s sons.

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

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

11 t he 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.

As 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.

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.

Put 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.

13 ` And thou hast made embroidered things of gold,

Make beautiful pieces of gold

14 a nd 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.

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

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;

“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.

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

It 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.

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

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

18 a nd the second row emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

The second row will be a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond.

19 a nd the third row opal, agate, and amethyst;

The third row will be a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst.

20 a nd the fourth row beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,

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

21 a nd 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.

There 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.

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

Make chains for the breast-piece, like ropes of pure gold.

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

And make two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breast-piece.

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

Join the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breast-piece.

25 a nd 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.

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

26 ` 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;

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

27 a nd 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,

Then 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.

28 a nd 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.

Tie 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.

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.

“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

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.

“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.

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

“Make the long piece of clothing all of blue.

32 a nd 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.

There 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.

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;

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

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

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

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.

Aaron 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.

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

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

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

Put it to the front of the head covering with a blue rope.

38 a nd 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.

It 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.

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.

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

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;

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

41 a nd 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.

Dress 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.

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

Make for them linen clothing to cover their flesh from their belts to their legs.

43 a nd 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.

Aaron 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.