Exodus 39

1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made plaited garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.

They made woven clothing from blue, purple, and crimson thread for serving in the sanctuary. They also made holy clothing garments for Aaron, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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

They made the ephod of finely-woven linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and crimson thread.

3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into threads, 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 out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to weave in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, together with fine linen, all skillfully worked.

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

Two shoulder pieces were attached to the front and back pieces.

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 the LORD commanded Moses.

The waistband of the ephod was one piece made in the same way, using gold thread, with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and with finely-woven linen, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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 placed the onyx stones in ornamental gold settings, engraved with the names of the Israelite tribes in the same way a jeweler engraves a personal seal.

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

They attached both stones to the shoulder pieces of the ephod as reminders for the Israelite tribes, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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 also made a breastpiece for decisions in the same skilful way as the ephod, to be used in determining the Lord's will. They made it using gold thread, with blue, purple, and crimson thread, and with finely-woven linen.

9 It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

It was square when folded, measuring around nine inches in length and width.

10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd was the first row.

They attached an arrangement of precious stones in four rows as follows. In the first row carnelian, peridot, and emerald.

11 And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.

In the second row turquoise, lapis lazuli, and sardonyx.

12 And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

In the third row jacinth, agate, and amethyst.

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

In the fourth row topaz, beryl, and jasper. They were all placed in ornamental gold settings.

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.

Each of the twelve stones were engraved like a personal seal with the name of one of the twelve Israelites tribes and represented them.

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

They made cords of braided chains from pure gold to attach the breastpiece.

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 settings and two gold rings and fastened the rings to the two top corners of the breastpiece.

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

They attached the two gold chains to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece,

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.

and then fastened the opposite ends of the two chains to the ornamental gold settings on the shoulder pieces of the front side of the ephod.

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.

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

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 bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the front side of the ephod, near where it joins its woven waistband.

21 And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread 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 the LORD commanded Moses.

They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue thread, so that the breastpiece wouldn't come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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

They made the robe that goes with the ephod exclusively from woven 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.

with an opening in the middle at the top. They stitched a woven collar around the opening to strengthen it so it wouldn't tear.

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

They made pomegranates using blue, purple, and crimson thread and finely-woven linen and attached them all the way around its hem.

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:

They made pure gold bells and attached them between the pomegranates all the way around its hem,

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

having the bells and the pomegranates alternate. The robe was to be used for priestly service, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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

They made tunics with finely-spun linen made by a weaver 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 turbans, headdresses, and headbands of fine linen, and finely-woven linen undershorts,

29 and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the weaver in colours; as the LORD commanded Moses.

as well as sashes of finely-woven linen embroidered with blue, purple, and crimson thread, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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 THE LORD.

They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote on it, engraved like a seal, “Holy to the Lord.”

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

They tied a blue cord to it to attach it to the front of the turban, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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 the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

So all the work for the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was finished. The Israelites did everything as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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;

Then they presented the Tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furniture, its clips, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and stands;

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

the covering of tanned ram skins, the covering of fine leather, and the veil;

35 the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover;

the Ark of the Testimony with its poles and the atonement cover;

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

the table with all its equipment and the Bread of the Presence;

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 pure gold lampstand with its lamps placed in a row, and all its equipment, as well as the olive 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 gold altar, the anointing oil, the aromatic incense, and the screen for the tent's entrance;

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

the bronze altar with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin plus its stand;

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 of the tent of meeting;

the curtains of the courtyard and its posts and stands; the curtain for the courtyard entrance, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the services of Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

41 the plaited garments for ministering in the holy place; the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.

and the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons to serve as priests.

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

The Israelites did all the work that the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

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

Moses inspected all the work and made sure they had done it as the Lord had ordered. Then Moses blessed them.