Chapter 28

And take⁵⁴ 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,¹⁵ [even] Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

And thou shalt make¹ holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

And thou shalt speak¹⁷ unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled¹⁴ with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make¹ Aaron's garments to consecrate¹⁵ him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.¹⁵

And these [are] the garments which they shall make;⁴ a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make¹ holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.¹⁵

And they shall take⁴ gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, ⁸⁴³⁸ and fine linen.

And they shall make¹ the ephod [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, [of] scarlet, ⁸⁴³⁸ and fine twined⁹⁴ linen, with cunning⁶ work.

It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined⁶ at the two edges thereof; and [so] it shall be joined together.²⁷

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, ⁸⁴³⁸ and fine twined⁹⁴ linen.

And thou shalt take¹ two onyx stones, and grave¹⁴ on them the names of the children of Israel:

Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest¹² on the other stone, according to their birth.

With the work of an engraver in stone, [like] the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave¹⁷ the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make⁴ them to be set⁹⁴ in ouches of gold.

And thou shalt put¹ the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear¹ their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

And thou shalt make¹ ouches [of] gold;

And two chains [of] pure gold at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make⁴ them, and fasten¹ the wreathen chains to the ouches.

And thou shalt make¹ the breastplate of judgment with cunning⁶ work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make⁴ it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, ⁸⁴³⁸ and [of] fine twined⁹⁴ linen, shalt thou make⁴ it.

Foursquare⁷ it shall be [being] doubled;⁷ a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.

And thou shalt set¹⁴ 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.

And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set³⁰ in gold in their inclosings.

And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, ⁶²⁴⁰ according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ tribes.

And thou shalt make¹ upon the breastplate chains at the ends [of] wreathen work [of] pure gold.

And thou shalt make¹ upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put¹ the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

And thou shalt put¹ the two wreathen [chains] of gold in the two rings [which are] on the ends of the breastplate.

And [the other] two ends of the two wreathen [chains] thou shalt fasten⁴ in the two ouches, and put¹ [them] on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

And thou shalt make¹ two rings of gold, and thou shalt put¹ them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which [is] in the side of the ephod inward.

And two [other] rings of gold thou shalt make,¹ and shalt put¹ 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.

And they shall bind⁴ 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 loosed¹¹ from the ephod.

And Aaron shall bear¹ the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth² in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually.

And thou shalt put¹ in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth² in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear¹ the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

And thou shalt make¹ the robe of the ephod all [of] blue.

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven⁶ work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.¹¹

And [beneath] upon the hem of it thou shalt make¹ pomegranates [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, ⁸⁴³⁸ round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

And it shall be upon Aaron to minister:¹⁵ and his sound shall be heard⁸ when he goeth² in unto the holy [place] before the LORD, and when he cometh out,² that he die⁴ not.

And thou shalt make¹ a plate [of] pure gold, and grave¹⁴ upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

And thou shalt put¹ it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront ⁴¹³⁶ of the mitre it shall be.

And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear¹ the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow⁵⁵ in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

And thou shalt embroider¹⁴ the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make¹ the mitre [of] fine linen, and thou shalt make⁴ the girdle [of] needlework.^{6 4639}

And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make⁴ coats, and thou shalt make¹ for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make⁴ for them, for glory and for beauty.

And thou shalt put⁵² them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint¹ them, and consecrate^{14 3027} them, and sanctify¹⁴ them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.¹⁴

And thou shalt make³ them linen breeches to cover¹⁵ their nakedness; ⁶¹⁷² from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in² unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near² unto the altar to minister¹⁵ in the holy [place]; that they bear⁴ not iniquity, and die:¹ [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.