Exodus 39

1 And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

And of the blue and the purple, and the crimson, made they cloths of variegated stuff for ministering in the sanctuary, —and they made the holy garments which were for Aaron, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

2 The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

So he made the ephod, —of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine twined linen,

3 Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

And they did beat out the plates of gold and he proceeded to cut them into threads, to work into the midst of the blue and into the midst of the purple and into the midst of the crimson, and into the midst of the fine linen, —with the work of a skilful weaver.

4 And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.

Shoulder-pieces, made they thereto, for joining, —at its two edges, was it joined.

5 And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

And as for the curious fastening girdle which was thereon, of the same, it was according to the working thereof, gold blue, and purple, and crimson and fine twined linen, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

6 Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in ouches of gold, —graven with the engravings of a seal-ring, after the names of the sons of Israel.

7 These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.

And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

8 The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

And he made the breastpiece the work of a skilful weaver like the work of the ephod, —of gold blue and purple and crimson, and fine twined linen.

9 It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;

Foursquare, it was doubled, made they the breastpiece, —a span, was the length thereof, and, a span, the breadth thereof, doubled.

10 And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

And they set therein four rows of stones, —one row a sardius, a topaz and an emerald, the first row;

11 In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;

and the second row, —a carbuncle a sapphire, and a diamond;

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

and the third row, —an opal an agate and an amethyst;

13 In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.

and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper, —enclosed in ouches of gold, when they were set

14 There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.

And as for the stones, after the names of the sons of Israel, they were twelve, after their names, —with the engravings of a seal-ring, each one, after his name, for the twelve tribes,

15 And on the bag they put gold chains, twisted like cords.

And they made, upon the breastpiece, chains like cords of wreathen work, —of pure gold.

16 And they made two gold frames and two gold rings, the rings being fixed to the ends of the priest's bag;

And they made two ouches of gold, and two rings of gold, —and they placed the two rings upon the two ends of the breastpiece;

17 And they put the two twisted chains on the two rings at the ends of the priest's bag;

and they placed the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings, -upon the ends of the breastpiece;

18 And the other two ends of the chains were joined to the two frames and fixed to the front of the ephod over the arm-holes.

and the other two ends of the two wreathen chains, placed they upon the two ouches, —and placed them upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forefront thereof.

19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two lower ends of the bag, on the inner side nearest to the ephod.

And they made two rings of gold, and put on the two ends of the breastpiece, upon the border thereof, which is towards the ephod, inwards.

20 And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

And they made two other rings of gold, and placed them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod below on the front of the face thereof, to match the joining thereof.—above the curious girdle of the ephod,

21 And the rings on the bag were fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord, keeping it in place over the band, so that the bag might not get loose, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

And they bound the breastpiece by the rings thereof into the rings of the ephod, with a cord of blue that it might remain upon the curious girdle of the ephod, and the breastpiece not be removed from upon the ephod, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

22 The robe which went with the ephod was made all of blue;

And he made the robe of the ephod, the work of a weaver, wholly of blue;

23 With a hole at the top in the middle, like the hole in the coat of a fighting-man, edged with a band to make it strong.

with the opening of the robe in the midst thereof, like the opening of a coat of mail, —a border to the opening thereof round about it might not be rent open.

24 The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.

And they made upon the skirts of the robe, pomegranates—of blue and purple and crimson, —twined.

25 And between the fruits all round the skirt they put gold bells, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

And they made bells of pure gold, and placed the bells in the midst of the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe, roundabout, in the midst of the pomegranates:

26 All round the skirt of the robe were bells and fruits in turn.

a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe, round about, to minister in—As Yahweh commanded Moses.

27 The coats for Aaron and his sons they made of the best linen;

And they made the tunics of fine linen the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons:

28 And the twisted head-dress for Aaron, and beautiful head-dresses of linen, and linen trousers,

and the turban of fine linen, and the ornamental caps of fine linen, —and the linen drawers, of fine twined linen:

29 And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses.

and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson the work of an embroiderer, —As Yahweh commanded Moses.

30 The plate for the holy crown was made of the best gold, and on it were cut these words, HOLY TO THE LORD.

And they made the burnished plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote thereupon a writing, with the engravings of a seal-ring Holy unto Yahweh.

31 It was fixed to the head-dress by a blue cord, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

And they placed there, upon a cord of blue, to fasten it upon the turban up above, As Yahweh commanded Moses.

32 So all the work on the House of the Tent of meeting was done; as the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the children of Israel did it.

Thus was finished all the work of the habitation of the tent of meeting, —thus did the sons of Israel, according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they.

33 Then they took the House to Moses, the tent with all the things for it; its hooks, its boards, its rods, its pillars, and its bases;

And they brought in the habitation unto Moses, the tent, and all its furniture, —its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its sockets;

34 The outer cover of sheepskins coloured red, and the cover of leather, and the veil for the doorway;

and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the screening veil;

35 The ark of the law, with its rods and its cover;

the ark of the testimony, with its staves, —and the propitiatory;

36 The table, with all its vessels and the holy bread;

the table all its utensils, and the Presence-bread;

37 The support for the lights, with the vessels for the lights to be put in their places on it, and all its vessels, and the oil for the lights;

the pure lampstand the lamps thereof the lamps to be put in order, and all the utensils thereof, —and the oil for giving light;

38 And the gold altar, and the holy oil, and the sweet perfume for burning, and the curtain for the doorway of the tent;

and the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the fragrant incense, —and the screen for the opening of the tent;

39 And the brass altar, with its network of brass, and its rods and all its vessels, and the washing-vessel and its base;

the altar of bronze and the grating of bronze which pertaineth thereto, the staves thereof, and all the utensils thereof, —the laver, and its stand,

40 The hangings for the open space, with the pillars and their bases, and the curtain for the doorway, and the cords and nails, and all the instruments necessary for the work of the House of the Tent of meeting;

the hangings of the court its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pins, —and all the utensils for the service of the habitation for the tent of meeting;

41 The robes for use in the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron and his sons when acting as priests.

them cloths of variegated stuff, for ministering in the sanctuary, —the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for ministering as priests.

42 The children of Israel did everything as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel make all the work.

43 Then Moses, when he saw all their work and saw that they had done everything as the Lord had said, gave them his blessing.

And Moses looked upon all the structure and lo! they had made it, as Yahweh had commanded, so, had they made it, —and Moses blessed them.