Exodus 39

1 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Truly, from hyacinth and purple, vermillion and fine linen, he made the vestments with which Aaron was clothed when he ministered in the holy places, just as the Lord instructed Moses.

2 Bezalel made the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

And so he made an ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen,

3 They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

wrought with embroidery. And he cut thin strips of gold and drew them into threads, so that they could be twisted into the weave of the first colors.

4 They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

And he made two edges, coupled to one another at the top of both sides,

5 And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

and a wide belt from the same colors, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

6 They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

He also prepared two onyx stones, set and enclosed in gold, and engraved with the skill of a jeweler, with the names of the sons of Israel.

7 Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And he set them in the sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

8 He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

He also made a breastplate, wrought with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, from gold, hyacinth, purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen:

9 It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.

10 And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald;

11 the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper;

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

in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst;

13 and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows.

14 The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name.

15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

They also made, in the breastplate, little chains linked to one another, from the purest gold,

16 They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

and two hooks, and the same number of gold rings. Moreover, they set the rings at both sides of the breastplate,

17 Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

from which two golden chains would hang, which they connected with the hooks that projected from the corners of the ephod.

18 and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

These were both in front and in back so that they met one another, and so that the ephod and the breastplate were woven together,

19 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

being fastened to the wide belt and strongly coupled with rings, to which a hyacinth band was joined, lest they should shake loose and be moved away from one another, just as the Lord instructed Moses.

20 They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.

They also made the tunic of the ephod entirely from hyacinth,

21 Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

with the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven edge all around the head.

22 They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,

Then, at the feet below, they also made pomegranates from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen,

23 with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

and little bells from the purest gold, which they set between the pomegranates at the very bottom of the tunic all around.

24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

So then, the high priest approached, adorned with gold bell and pomegranate, when he performed his ministry, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

25 They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,

They also made fine linen tunics with woven work, for Aaron and his sons,

26 alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

and headdresses with their little crowns of fine linen,

27 For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,

and also linen undergarments of fine linen.

28 as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

Truly, they also made a wide band of fine twisted linen, hyacinth, purple, as well as vermillion, twice-dyed, with skillful embroidery, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

29 and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

They also made the plate of sacred veneration from the purest gold, and they wrote on it, with the skill of a jeweler: “Holy to the Lord.”

30 They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.

And they fastened it to the headdress with a hyacinth band, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

31 Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And so all the work of the tabernacle and of the covering of the testimony was completed. And the sons of Israel did all that the Lord had instructed Moses.

32 So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And they offered the tabernacle, and the covering, and all of the articles: the rings, the panels, the bars, the columns and bases,

33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

the cover of the skins of rams, dyed red, and the other cover of violet skins,

34 the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;

the veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory,

35 the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

the table, with its vessels and the bread of the presence,

36 the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;

the lampstand, the lamps, and their utensils with the oil,

37 the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

the altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of aromatics,

38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

and the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

the altar of brass, the grating, the bars, and all of its vessels, the washtub with its base, the hangings of the atrium, and the columns with their bases,

40 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

the hanging at the entrance of the atrium, and their little cords and pegs. Nothing was lacking of the articles that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle and for the covering of the covenant.

41 and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

Likewise, the vestments, which the priests, namely, Aaron and his sons, make use of use in the Sanctuary,

42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

the sons of Israel offered, just as the Lord had instructed.

43 And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

After this, when Moses saw that everything was completed, he blessed them.