Exodus 39

1 And of the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, they made colored garments, to minister in the holy place; and they make the holy garments which [are] for Aaron, as YHWH has 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 makes the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen,

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

3 and they expand the plates of gold, and have cut off wires to work in the midst of the blue, and in the midst of the purple, and in the midst of the scarlet, and in the midst of the linen—the work of a designer;

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 have made shoulder-pieces for it, joining; it is joined at its two ends.

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

5 And the girdle of his ephod which [is] on it is of the same, according to its work, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, as YHWH has 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 prepare the shoham stones, set [with] filigrees of gold, engraved with engravings of a signet—the names of the sons of Israel on [them];

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 sets them on the shoulders of the ephod—stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, as YHWH has 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 makes the breastplate, the work of a designer, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 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 has been square; they have made the breastplate double, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

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

10 And they fill four rows of stones in it: a row of a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle [is] 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 an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

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

12 and the third row an opal, 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—set [with] filigrees 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, according to the names of the sons of Israel, are twelve, according to their names, engravings of a signet, each 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 make wreathed chains on the breastplate, [the] work of thick bands of pure gold;

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

16 and they make two filigrees of gold, and two rings of gold, 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 thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

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

18 and they have put the two ends of the two thick bands on the two filigrees, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, toward the front of its face.

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 make two rings of gold, and set [them] on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which [is] on the side of the ephod within;

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 make two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulders of the ephod below, in front of its front, close by its joining, above the girdle 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 bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod, with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from off the ephod, as YHWH has 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 makes the upper robe of the ephod, the work of a weaver, completely of blue;

They made the robe that goes with the ephod exclusively from woven blue cloth,

23 and the opening of the upper robe [is] in its midst, as the opening of a [linen] habergeon, [with] a border for its opening all around; it is not torn;

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 make on the hems of the upper robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, twined.

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 make bells of pure gold, and put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates, on the hems of the upper robe, all around, in the midst of 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 [and] a bell and a pomegranate [are] on the hems of the upper robe all around, to minister in, as YHWH has 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 make the coats of linen, the work of a weaver, 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 turban of linen, and the beautiful caps of linen, and the linen trousers, of twined linen,

They also made turbans, headdresses, and headbands of fine linen, and finely-woven linen undershorts,

29 and the girdle of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of an embroiderer, as YHWH has 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 make the flower of the holy crown of pure gold, and write a writing on it, engravings of a signet: “Holy to YHWH”;

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 put a ribbon of blue on it, to put [it] on the turban above, as YHWH has 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 And all the service of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting is completed; and the sons of Israel do according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses; so they have done.

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 bring in the Dwelling Place to Moses, the tent, and all its vessels, its hooks, 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, which are made red, and the covering of tachashim skins, and the veil of the covering;

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

35 the Ark of the Testimony and its poles, and the propitiatory covering;

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

36 the table, all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presentation;

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

37 the pure lampstand, its lamps, the lamps of arrangement, and all its vessels, 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 spice-incense, and the covering of the opening of the tent;

the gold altar, the anointing oil, the aromatic incense, and the screen for the tent's entrance;

39 the bronze altar and the bronze grate which it has, its poles, 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 covering for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins; and all the vessels of the service of the Dwelling Place, for 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 colored clothes to minister in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to act as priest in.

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 YHWH has commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel have done all the service;

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

43 and Moses sees all the work, and behold, they have done it as YHWH has commanded; so they have done. And Moses blesses them.

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