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Exodus 28
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1And do you take to yourself both Aaron your brother, and his sons , even [them] of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me.
1And 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.
2And you shall make holy apparel for Aaron your brother, for honor and glory .
2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
3And speak you to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which [apparel] he shall minister to me as priest.
3And 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.
4And these are the garments which they shall make: the breast-plate, and the shoulder-piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.
4And 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.
5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
5And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
6And they shall make the shoulder-piece of fine linen spun, the woven work of the embroiderer.
6And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
7It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides.
7It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
8And the woven work of the shoulder-pieces which is upon it, shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold and blueand purple, and spun scarletand fine twined linen.
8And 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.
9And you shall take the two stones, the stones of emerald, and you shall grave on them the names of the children of Israel.
9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
10Six names on the first stone, and the other six names on the second stone, according to their births.
10Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
11[It shall be] the work of the stone-engraver's art; as the graving of a seal you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel.
11With 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.
12And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the shoulder-piece: they are memorial-stones for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, a memorial for them.
12And 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.
13And you shall make circlets of pure gold;
13And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14and you shall make two fringes of pure gold, variegated with flowers wreathen work; and you shall put the wreathen fringes on the circlets, fastening them on their shoulder-pieces in front.
14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15And you shall make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, you shall make itof gold, and blueand purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun.
15And 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.
16You shall make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth .
16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17And you shall interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, and emerald, the first row.
17And 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.
18And the second row , a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.
18And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19And the third row, a ligure, an agate, an amethyst:
19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row.
20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
21And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelveaccording to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name.
21And 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.
22And you shall make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work of pure gold.
22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel, on the oracle of judgment on his breast; a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary.
23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24And you shall put the fringes on the oracle of judgment; you shall put the wreaths on both sides of the oracle,
24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25and you shall put the two circlets on both the shoulders of the ephod in front.
25And 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.
26And you shall put the Manifestation and the Truth on the oracle of judgment; and it shall be on the breast of Aaron, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgments of the children of Israel on his breast before the Lord continually.
26And 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.
27And you shall makethe full-length tunic all of blue.
27And 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.
28And the opening of it shall be in the middle having a fringe round about the opening, the work of the weaver, woven together in the joining of the same piece that it might not be torn.
28And 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.
29And under the fringe of the robe below you shall make as it were pomegranates of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun, under the fringe of the robe round about: golden pomegranates of the same shape, and bells round about between these.
29And 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.
30A bell by the side of a golden pomegranate, and flower-work on the fringe of the robe round about.
30And 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.
31And the sound of Aaron shall be audible when he ministers, as he goes into the sanctuary before the Lord, and as he goes out, that he die not.
31And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32And you shall make a plate [of] pure gold, and you shall grave on it [as] the graving of a signet, Holiness of the Lord.
32And 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.
33And you shall put it on the spun blue cloth, and it shall be on the mitre: it shall be in the front of the mitre.
33And 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:
34And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron; and Aaron shall bear away the sins of their holy things, all that the children of Israel shall sanctify of every gift of their holy things, and it shall be on the forehead of Aaron continually acceptable for them before the Lord.
34A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
35And the fringes of the garments [shall be] of fine linen; and you shall make a tire of fine linen, and you shall make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
35And 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.
36And for the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics and girdles, and you shall make for them tires for honor and glory.
36And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
37And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, and you shall anoint them and fill their hands: and you shall sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
37And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
38And you shall make for them linen drawers to cover the nakedness of their flesh; they shall reach from the loins to the thighs.
38And 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.
39And Aaron shall have them, and his sons, whenever they enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when they shall advance to the altar of the sanctuary to minister, so they shall not bring sin upon themselves, lest they die: [it is] a perpetual statute for him, and for his seed after him.
39And 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.