Clothes for the Priests

39 They used blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread to make woven clothes for the priests to wear when they ·served [ministered] in the Holy Place. They made the holy clothes for Aaron as the Lord had commanded Moses.

² They made the ·holy vest [ephod] of gold, and blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread, and fine linen [28:6–14]. ³ They hammered the gold into sheets and then cut it into long, thin strips. They worked the gold into the blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread, and fine linen. This was done ·by skilled craftsmen [or with a skilled design]. ⁴ They made the shoulder straps for the ·holy vest [ephod], which were attached to the top corners of it and tied together over each shoulder. ⁵ The skillfully ·woven belt [embroidered waistband] was made in the same way; it was joined to ·the holy vest [^Lit] as one piece. It was made of gold, and blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread, and fine linen, the way the Lord commanded Moses.

⁶ They put gold [^Lfiligree] around the onyx stones and then ·wrote [engraved] the names of the sons of Israel on these gems, ·as a person carves words and designs on a seal [like the engravings on a seal/signet]. ⁷ Then they attached the gems on the shoulder straps of the ·holy vest [ephod], as reminders of the twelve sons of Israel. This was done just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁸ ·The skilled craftsmen [^LThey] made the ·chest covering [breastpiece] like the ·holy vest [ephod]; it was made of gold, and blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread, and fine linen. ⁹ ·The chest covering [^LIt] was square—·nine inches [a span] long and ·nine inches [a span] wide—and it was ·folded double to make a pocket [^Ldoubled]. ¹⁰ Then they put four rows of ·beautiful jewels [^Lstones] on it: In the first row there was a ·ruby [or carnelian], a ·topaz [or chrysolite], and a ·yellow quartz [or emerald]; ¹¹ in the second there was a turquoise, a ·sapphire [or lapis], and an ·emerald [or moonstone]; ¹² in the third there was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³ in the fourth there was a ·chrysolite [or beryl], an onyx, and a jasper [^Cidentification is uncertain]. Gold [^Lfiligree] was put around these ·jewels [stones] to attach them to the ·chest covering [breastpiece], ¹⁴ and the names of the sons of Israel were ·carved [engraved] on these twelve ·jewels [stones] as a person ·carves [engraves] a ·seal [signet]. Each ·jewel [stone] had the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹⁵ They made chains of pure gold, twisted together like a rope, for the ·chest covering [breastpiece]. ¹⁶ They made two gold pieces and two gold rings. They put the two gold rings on the two upper corners of the ·chest covering [breastpiece]. ¹⁷ Then they put two gold chains in the two rings at the ends of the ·chest covering [breastpiece], ¹⁸ and they fastened the other two ends of the chains to the two ·gold pieces [or settings]. They attached these gold pieces to the two shoulder straps in the front of the ·holy vest [ephod]. ¹⁹ They made two gold rings and put them at the lower corners of the ·chest covering [breastpiece] on the inside edge next to the ·holy vest [ephod]. ²⁰ They made two more gold rings on the bottom of the shoulder straps in front of the ·holy vest [ephod], near the seam, just above the ·woven belt [embroidered waistband] of the ·holy vest [ephod]. ²¹ They used a blue ·ribbon [cord] and tied the rings of the ·chest covering [breastpiece] to the rings of the ·holy vest [ephod], connecting it to the ·woven belt [^Lembroidered waistband]. In this way the ·chest covering [breastpiece] would not ·swing out [get loose] from the ·holy vest [ephod]. They did all these things the way the Lord commanded.

²² Then they made the outer robe ·to be worn under the holy vest [^Lof the ephod]. It was woven only of blue cloth. ²³ They made a ·hole [opening] in the center of the outer robe, with a woven collar ·sewn around it [^Llike a coat of mail; ^Cthe Hebrew is obscure] so it would not tear. ²⁴ Then they made balls like pomegranates of blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread, and fine linen and hung them around the bottom of the outer robe. ²⁵ They also made bells of pure gold and hung these around the bottom of the outer robe between the balls. ²⁶ So around the bottom of the outer robe there was a bell and a pomegranate ball, a bell and a pomegranate ball. The priest wore this outer robe when he ·served as priest [ministered], just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁷ They ·wove [^Lmade] inner robes of fine linen for Aaron and his sons, ²⁸ and they made turbans, ·headbands [headdresses], and underclothes of fine linen. ²⁹ Then they made the ·cloth belt [sash] of fine linen, and blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread·, and designs were sewn onto it [embroidered with needlework], just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁰ They made a ·strip [rosette; medallion; plate; ^Lflower] of pure gold, which is the holy ·crown [diadem], and ·carved [engraved] these words in the gold, as one might ·carve [engrave] on a ·seal [signet]: “Holy to the Lord.” ³¹ Then they tied ·this flat piece [a blue cord to it to fasten it] to the turban with a blue ribbon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³² So all the work on the [^LTabernacle of the] Meeting Tent was finished. The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³³ Then they brought the ·Holy Tent [^LTabernacle] to Moses: the Tent and all its furniture, hooks, frames, crossbars, ·posts [pillars], and bases; ³⁴ the covering made of male ·sheepskins [ramskins] colored red, the covering made of ·fine leather [sea cow/porpoise hide], and the curtain ·that covered the entrance to the Most Holy Place [^Lfor the screen]; ³⁵ the Ark of the ·Agreement [Covenant; Treaty; ^LTestimony; 25:10], its poles and ·lid [the mercy seat/atonement cover; 25:17–22]; ³⁶ the table [25:23–40], all its ·containers [utensils; tools], and the bread ·that showed they were in God’s presence [^Lof presence]; ³⁷ the pure ·gold lampstand [^LMenorah; 25:31–40] with its lamps in a row, all its ·tools [utensils], and the olive oil for the light; ³⁸ the gold altar [^Cthe incense altar; 30:1–6], the special olive oil used for ·appointing priests [anointing], the sweet-smelling incense, and the ·curtain that covered [screen at] the entrance to the Tent; ³⁹ the bronze altar [27:1–8] and its ·screen [^Lbronze grating], its poles and all its ·tools [utensils], the bowl and its stand [30:17–21]; ⁴⁰ the curtains for the courtyard with their ·posts [pillars] and bases, the ·curtain that covered the entry to [^Lscreen for the gate of] the courtyard, the cords, pegs, and all the ·things [^Lutensils for service] in the Meeting Tent. ⁴¹ They brought the clothes for the priests to wear when they ·served [ministered] in the Holy ·Tent [Place]—the ·holy [sacred] clothes for Aaron the priest and the clothes for his sons, which they wore when they served as priests.

⁴² The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] had done all this work just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁴³ Moses looked closely at all the work and saw they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.