1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with
him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the
priest's office, even 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 beauty.
3 And
thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with
the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him,
that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
4 And
these are the
garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a
broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for
Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's
office.
5 And
they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6 And
they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue,
and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
7 It
shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it
shall be joined together.
8 And
the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same,
according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 And
thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of
Israel:
10 Six
of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other
stone, according to their birth.
11 With
the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou
engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt
make them to be set in ouches of gold.
12 And
thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones
of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names
before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
13 And
thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14 And
two chains of pure
gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them,
and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15 And
thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work
of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue,
and of purple,
and of scarlet,
and of fine
twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16 Foursquare
it shall be being doubled;
a span shall be the
length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17 And
thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a
sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
18 And
the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19 And
the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20 And
the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in
their inclosings.
21 And
the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according
to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one
with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
22 And
thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen
work of pure
gold.
23 And
thou shalt make upon 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 chains of gold in the two rings which are on
the ends of the breastplate.
25 And the other two
ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches,
and put them on
the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
26 And
thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of
the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
27 And
two other rings
of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod
underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling
thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
28 And
they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious 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 upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30 And
thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and
they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron
shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the
LORD continually.
31 And
thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32 And
there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a
binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an
habergeon, that it be not rent.
33 And beneath upon
the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple,
and of scarlet,
round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
34 A
golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of
the robe round about.
35 And
it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth
in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh
out, that he die not.
36 And
thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37 And
thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the
forefront of the mitre it shall be.
38 And
it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy
things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and
it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
39 And
thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine
linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
40 And
for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles,
and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
41 And
thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt
anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister
unto me in the priest's office.
42 And
thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins
even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 And
they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the
tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to
minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity,
and die: it shall be a
statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
