< Exodus 28 >
1 And you bring near to yourself Aaron brother your and sons his with him from among [the] people of Israel to serve as priest he to me Aaron Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar [the] sons of Aaron.
2 And you will make garments of holiness for Aaron brother your for glory and for beauty.
3 And you you will speak to all [people] skillful of heart which I have filled it a spirit of wisdom and they will make [the] garments of Aaron to consecrate him to serve as priest he to me.
4 And these [are] the garments which they will make a breastpiece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of checkered work a turban and a sash and they will make garments of holiness for Aaron brother your and for sons his to serve as priest he to me.
5 And they they will take the gold and the violet stuff and the purple and [the] scarlet stuff of the scarlet and the fine linen.
6 And they will make the ephod gold violet stuff and purple scarlet stuff of scarlet and fine linen twisted [the] work of a skillful worker.
7 Two shoulder-pieces joined it will be[long] to it to [the] two ends its and it will be joined together.
8 And [the] girdle of ephod its which [will be] on it [will be] like workmanship its from it it will be gold violet stuff and purple and scarlet stuff of scarlet and fine linen twisted.
9 And you will take two stones of onyx and you will engrave on them [the] names of [the] sons of Israel.
10 Six of names their [will be] on the stone one and [the] names of the six which remain over [will be] on the stone second according to genealogies their.
11 [the] work of An engraver of stone [the] engravings of a seal you will engrave [the] two the stones on [the] names of [the] sons of Israel surrounded filigree settings of gold you will make them.
12 And you will put [the] two the stones on [the] shoulder-pieces of the ephod stones of reminder for [the] sons of Israel and he will bear Aaron names their before Yahweh on [the] two shoulder-pieces his to a reminder.
13 And you will make filigree settings of gold.
14 And two chains of gold pure twisted cords you will make them a work of cordage and you will put [the] chains of the cords on the filigree settings.
15 And you will make a breastpiece of judgment [the] work of a skillful worker like [the] work of [the] ephod you will make it gold violet stuff and purple and scarlet stuff of scarlet and fine linen twisted you will make it.
16 Square it will be folded double [will be] a span length its and [will be] a span breadth its.
17 And you will fill in it a setting of stone[s] four rows stone [will be] a row of a ruby a topaz and a beryl the row one.
18 And the row second [will be] a turquoise a sapphire and an emerald.
19 And the row third [will be] a jacinth an agate and an amethyst.
20 And the row fourth [will be] a chrysolite and an onyx and a jasper set gold they will be in settings their.
21 And the stones they will be on [the] names of [the] sons of Israel two [plus] ten on names their [the] engravings of a seal each one on name its they will be for [the] two [plus] ten tribe[s].
22 And you will make on the breastpiece chains of twisting a work of cordage gold pure.
23 And you will make on the breastpiece two rings of gold and you will put [the] two the rings on [the] two [the] ends of the breastpiece.
24 And you will put [the] two [the] cords of gold on [the] two the rings to [the] ends of the breastpiece.
25 And [the] two [the] ends of [the] two the cords you will put on [the] two the filigree settings and you will put [them] on [the] shoulder-pieces of the ephod to [the] front of face its.
26 And you will make two rings of gold and you will put them on [the] two [the] ends of the breastpiece on edge its which [is] to [the] side of the ephod [the] inside towards.
27 And you will make two rings of gold and you will put them on [the] two [the] shoulder-pieces of the ephod from to downwards from in front of face its close to joining its from above [the] girdle of the ephod.
28 So they may bind the breastpiece (from rings its *Q(K)*) to [the] rings of the ephod with a cord of violet stuff to be on [the] girdle of the ephod and not it will be displaced the breastpiece from on the ephod.
29 And he will bear Aaron [the] names of [the] sons of Israel on [the] breastpiece of judgment over heart his when goes he into the holy place to a memorial before Yahweh continually.
30 And you will put into [the] breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim and they will be over [the] heart of Aaron when goes he before Yahweh and he will bear Aaron [the] judgment of [the] people of Israel over heart his before Yahweh continually.
31 And you will make [the] robe of the ephod an entirety of violet stuff.
32 And it will be [the] opening of top its in [the] middle of it an edge it will be[long] to opening its all around [the] work a weaver like [the] opening of a collar it will be[long] to it not it will be torn.
33 And you will make on skirt its pomegranates of violet stuff and purple and scarlet stuff of scarlet on skirt its all around and bells of gold [will be] in between them all around.
34 A bell of gold and a pomegranate a bell of gold and a pomegranate [will be] on [the] skirts of the robe all around.
35 And it will be on Aaron to serve and it will be heard sound its when goes he into the holy place before Yahweh and when comes out he and not he will die.
36 And you will make a plate of gold pure and you will engrave on it [the] engravings of a seal holiness to Yahweh.
37 And you will put it on a cord of violet stuff and it will be on the turban to [the] front of [the] face of the turban it will be.
38 And it will be on [the] forehead of Aaron and he will bear Aaron [the] guilt of the holy things which they will consecrate [the] people of Israel to all [the] gifts of holiness their and it will be on forehead his continually for acceptance to them before Yahweh.
39 And you will weave the tunic fine linen and you will make a turban of fine linen and a sash you will make [the] work of a worker in colors.
40 And for [the] sons of Aaron you will make tunics and you will make for them sashes and headdresses you will make for them for glory and for beauty.
41 And you will clothe them Aaron brother your and sons his with him and you will anoint them and you will fill hand their and you will consecrate them and they will serve as priests me.
42 And make for them undergarments of linen to cover [the] flesh of nakedness from [the] hips and to [the] thighs they will be.
43 And they will be on Aaron and on sons his when go they - into [the] tent of meeting or when draw near they to the altar to serve in the holy place and not they will bear guilt and they will die [it will be] a statute of perpetuity for him and for offspring his after him.