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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, —As Yahweh 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 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 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 Foursquare, it was doubled, made they the breastpiece, —a span, was the length thereof, and, a span, the breadth thereof, doubled.

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

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

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

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

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

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

in the third was a zircon, 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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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 also made the tunic of the ephod entirely from hyacinth,

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

and headdresses with their little crowns of fine linen,

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

and also linen undergarments of fine linen.

28 and the turban of fine linen, and the ornamental caps of fine linen, —and the linen drawers, of fine twined 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 girdle of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson the work of an embroiderer, —As Yahweh 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 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.

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,

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 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 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 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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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