Exodus 39

1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled workmen made the beautiful clothes for Aaron to wear while he did his work as a priest in the Holy Place. They made them from blue, purple, and red cloth, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

They made the sacred apron from fine white linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth.

3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.

They hammered some thin sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips which they embroidered into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red cloth.

4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.

The apron had two shoulder straps, to join the front part to the back part at the shoulders.

5 And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

A carefully-woven sash, which was made from the same materials as the sacred apron, was [sewn] onto the sacred apron. This was made exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

6 And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

They cut two valuable onyx stones and enclosed them in a tiny gold frame, and a skilled gem-cutter engraved on the stones the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.

7 And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron, to represent the twelve Israeli tribes, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

8 And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

They made the sacred chest pouch. They made it of the same materials as the sacred apron and embroidered it in the same way.

9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

It was square, and the material was folded double, so that it was (9 in./22 cm.) long and (9 in./22 cm.) wide.

10 And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

They fastened four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row, they put a [red] ruby, a [yellow] topaz, and a [red] garnet.

11 and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

In the second row, they put a [green] emerald, a [blue] sapphire, and a [clear/white] diamond.

12 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

In the third row they put a [red] jacinth, a [white] agate, and a [purple] amethyst.

13 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in inclosings of gold in their settings.

In the fourth row, they put a [yellow] beryl, a [red] carnelian, and a [green] jasper. They set each of the stones in tiny gold frames.

14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

On each of the twelve stones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve Israeli tribes.

15 And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.

They made two [chains] from pure gold and braided them like cords, to [attach] the sacred pouch [to the sacred apron].

16 And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch.

17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

They fastened one end of each cord to one of the rings.

18 And the [other] two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.

They fastened the other end of each cord to the two (settings/tiny frames) [that enclosed the stones]. Then they attached the sacred pouch to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron.

19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.

Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch, on the inside edges, next to the sacred apron.

20 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps, near to where [the shoulder straps] were joined [to the sacred apron], just above the carefully-woven sash/waistband.

21 And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

They tied the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord, so that the sacred pouch was above the sash/waistband and would not come loose from the sacred apron.

22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;

They made the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest’s sacred apron, using only blue [cloth].

23 and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent.

It had an opening through which [the priest] would put his head. They sewed a border around this opening, to prevent the material from tearing.

24 And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, [and] twined [linen].

At the lower edge on the robe, they fastened [decorations that resembled] pomegranate fruit. The decorations were [woven from] blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.

25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates;

Between each of these decorations, they fastened a tiny bell made from pure gold, so there was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, alternating all around the hem of the robe

26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

for [Aaron to wear while] he did his work as a priest. They made all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

27 And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

They wove long-sleeved tunics/gowns from fine white linen, for Aaron and his sons.

28 and the mitre of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,

They also made a turban of fine linen [for Aaron to wear around his head]. They made the caps and the undershorts [for Aaron’s sons] from fine linen.

29 and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

They made the embroidered sash/waistband [for Aaron] from fine linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth, and they embroidered designs on it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.

They also made the tiny ornament of pure gold and had a skilled workman engrave on it the words, ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’.

31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

They fastened this to the front of the turban by a blue cord, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

32 Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.

Finally they finished all the work to make the Sacred Tent. They brought to Moses/me all the things that they had made. They had made them exactly as Yahweh had commanded me.

33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;

They brought to him/me the Sacred Tent and all the things that were used with it: the hooks, the frames, the crossbars, the posts and their bases,

34 and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;

the coverings for the Sacred Tent that were made of tanned/dyed rams’ skins and goatskins, the curtains,

35 the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;

the sacred chest that contained the stone slabs [on which the commandments were written], the poles, the lid for the chest,

36 the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread;

the table with all the things that were used with it, the sacred bread [that was offered] to God,

37 the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light;

the lampstand made of pure gold and all its lamps and all the things that were to be used to take care of it, the oil for the lamps,

38 and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent;

the golden altar [for burning incense], the oil for anointing, the sweet-smelling incense, the curtain for the entrance to the Sacred Tent,

39 the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

the bronze altar [for burning sacrifices] and its bronze grating, the poles [for carrying] it, and all the other things that were used with it, the washbasin and its base,

40 the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

the curtains [that surrounded] the courtyard, the posts and bases that supported them, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard and its ropes, the tent pegs, and all the other things that would be used in the Sacred Tent,

41 the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.

the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron to wear when he did his work in the Holy Place, and the special clothes for his sons to wear as they did their work as priests.

42 According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.

The Israeli people had done all this work exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.

43 And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it; as Jehovah had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

Then Moses/I saw all the work that they had done. Truly, they had done everything exactly as Yahweh had commanded [that it should be done]. Then Moses/I [asked God to] bless them.