Exodus 39

1 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.

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.

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

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

3 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.

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.

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

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

5 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.

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.

6 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.

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

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

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.

8 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 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,

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.

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

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

16 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;

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

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

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

18 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.

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.

19 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.

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.

20 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,

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.

21 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.

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.

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

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

23 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.

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.

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

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

25 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:

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

26 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 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.

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.

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

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

32 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.

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

33 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39 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,

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

40 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;

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;

41 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.

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.

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

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

43 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.

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