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.

Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined 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.

They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in with the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.

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

They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. It was joined together at the two ends.

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.

The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the LORD 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 worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children 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.

He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD 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 breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined 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. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.

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

They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

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

and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

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

and the third row, 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, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold 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 stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

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

They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work 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 made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

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

They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

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.

The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its 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 rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.

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 more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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.

They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

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.

The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.

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

They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.

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 made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, 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.

a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

They made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,

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

the turban of fine linen, the linen headbands of fine linen, the linen trousers of fine twined linen,

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

the sash of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as the LORD 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 made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engravings of a signet: “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.

They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD 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.

Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so they did.

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;

They brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

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

the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,

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

the ark of the covenant with its poles, the mercy seat,

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

the table, all its vessels, the show bread,

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 lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, 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 golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of 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, its grating of bronze, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,

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 hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for 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.

the finely worked 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.

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

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

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.

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