Exodus 39

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

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

3 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.

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

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

5 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 Yahweh 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 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.

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 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh 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 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.

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 was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.

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

10 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was 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, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

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

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

In the third row jacinth, agate, and amethyst.

13 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.

In the fourth row topaz, beryl, and jasper. They were all placed in ornamental gold settings.

14 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.

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 They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

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

16 They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, 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 They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

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

18 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

23 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.

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

They made pomegranates using blue, purple, and crimson thread and finely-woven linen and attached them all the way around its hem.

25 They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between 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, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh 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 They made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,

They made tunics with finely-spun linen made by a weaver for Aaron and his sons.

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

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

29 the sash of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh 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 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 YAHWEH”.

They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote on it, engraved like a seal, “Holy to the Lord.”

31 They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh 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 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.

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 They brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, 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 the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,

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

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

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

36 the table, all its vessels, the show bread,

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

37 the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, 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 the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,

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

39 the bronze altar, its grating of bronze, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin 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, 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,

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 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.

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 Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.

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

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

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