“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.” (Ex 28:1-43 AV)
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