EXODUS – Chapter 39
The Priestly Vestments
1With violet, purple, and scarlet yarn were woven the service cloths for use in the sanctuary, as well as the sacred vestments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
2 The ephod was woven of gold thread and of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and of fine linen twined.
3Gold was first hammered into gold leaf and then cut up into threads, which were woven with the violet, purple, and scarlet yarn into an embroidered pattern on the fine linen.
4Shoulder straps were made for it and joined to its two upper ends.
5The embroidered belt on the ephod extended out from it, and like it, was made of gold thread, of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
6The onyx stones were prepared and mounted in gold filigree work; they were engraved like seal engravings with the names of the sons of Israel.
7These stones were set on the shoulder straps of the ephod as memorial stones of the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
8 The breastpiece was embroidered like the ephod, with gold thread and violet, purple, and scarlet yarn on cloth of fine linen twined.
9It was square and folded double, a span high and a span wide in its folded form.
10Four rows of precious stones were mounted on it: in the first row a carnelian, a topaz, and an emerald;
11in the second row, a garnet, a sapphire, and a beryl;
12in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13in the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were mounted in gold filigree work.
14These stones were twelve, to match the names of the sons of Israel, and each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
15 Chains of pure gold, twisted like cords, were made for the breastpiece,
16together with two gold filigree rosettes and two gold rings. The two rings were fastened to the two upper ends of the breastpiece.
17The two gold chains were then fastened to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.
18The other two ends of the two chains were fastened in front to the two filigree rosettes, which were attached to the shoulder straps of the ephod.
19Two other gold rings were made and put on the two lower ends of the breastpiece, on the edge facing the ephod.
20Two more gold rings were made and fastened to the bottom of the two shoulder straps next to where they joined the ephod in front, just above its embroidered belt.
21Violet ribbons bound the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod, so that the breastpiece stayed right above the embroidered belt of the ephod and did not swing loose from it. All this was just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Other Vestments
22The robe of the ephod was woven entirely of violet yarn,
23with an opening in its center like the opening of a shirt, with selvage around the opening to keep it from being torn.
24At the hem of the robe pomegranates were made of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and of fine linen twined;
25bells of pure gold were also made and put between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe:
26a bell, a pomegranate, a bell, a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe which was to be worn in performing the ministry—all this, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
27For Aaron and his sons there were also woven tunics of fine linen;
28the turban of fine linen; the ornate skullcaps of fine linen; linen pants of fine linen twined;
29and sashes of variegated work made of fine linen twined and of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30 The plate of the sacred diadem was made of pure gold and inscribed, as on a seal engraving: “Sacred to the LORD.”
31It was tied over the turban with a violet ribbon, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Presentation of the Work to Moses
32Thus the entire work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed. The Israelites did the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses; so it was done.
33They then brought to Moses the tabernacle, the tent with all its furnishings, the clasps, the frames, the bars, the columns, the pedestals,
34the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of tahash skins, the curtain veil;
35the ark of the covenant with its poles, the cover,
36the table with all its utensils and the showbread,
37the pure gold menorah with its lamps set up on it and with all its utensils, the oil for the light,
38the golden altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the tent,
39the altar of bronze with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the basin with its stand,
40the hangings of the court with their columns and pedestals, the curtain for the gate of the court with its ropes and tent pegs, all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting;
41the service cloths for use in the sanctuary, the sacred vestments for Aaron the priest, and the vestments to be worn by his sons in their ministry.
42Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so the Israelites had carried out all the work.
43So when Moses saw that all the work was done just as the LORD had commanded, he blessed them.
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