Exodus 39

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The Ephod

¹From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹And from the blue and the purple and the scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place; and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

²Bezalel made^a the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

²And He made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

³They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.

³And they beat the gold into plates, and they cut threads to work in the midst of the blue, and in the midst of the purple, and in the midst of the scarlet yarn, and in the midst of the fine linen—the work. of a designer

⁴They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

⁴They made shoulder straps for it to join it together; at its two ends it was joined together.

⁵And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

⁵And the skillfully woven waistband of his ephod that was on it, it was from it, according to its work: gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

⁶They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

⁶And they set the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved with engravings of a signet, with the names of the sons of Israel.

⁷Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

⁷And He put them on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

The Breastpiece

⁸He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

⁸And he made the breastplate, the work of a designer, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen.

⁹It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.^a

⁹It was square; doubled they made the breastplate; a span its length and a span its width—doubled.

¹⁰And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones:^a

The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

¹⁰And they filled in it four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald was the first row;

¹¹the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹¹and the second row was turquoise, sapphire, and diamond;

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

¹²and the third row was jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

¹³and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.

These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

¹³and the fourth row was beryl, onyx, and jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their fillings.

¹⁴The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

¹⁴And the stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel, they were two and ten, according to their names, the engravings of a signet, each one according to his name, for the two and ten tribes.

¹⁵For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

¹⁵And they made on the breastplate chains, cords of braided a work of pure gold.

¹⁶They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

¹⁶And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

¹⁷Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

¹⁷And they put the two cords of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

¹⁸and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

¹⁸And the two ends of the two cords they put on the two settings, and they put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, toward the front of its face.

¹⁹They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

¹⁹And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge that was toward the side of the ephod inwardly.

²⁰They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.

²⁰And they made two rings of gold, and they put them on the two shoulders of the ephod from below, toward its face, right at the seam above the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod.

²¹Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

²¹And they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, to be on the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod, and the breastplate would not come loose from on the ephod, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

Additional Priestly Garments

²²They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,

²²And He made the robe of the ephod the work, of a weaver, entirely of blue.

²³with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment,^a with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

²³And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a corselet, an edge for its opening all around, so it would not tear.

²⁴They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

²⁴And they made upon the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finely woven linen.

²⁵They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,

²⁵And they made bells of pure gold, and they put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around, in the midst of the pomegranates,

²⁶alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

²⁶a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe all around, to minister, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

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

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

²⁸as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,

²⁸and the turban of fine linen, and the ornate headbands of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of finely woven linen,

²⁹and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

²⁹and a sash of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of a weaver, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

³⁰They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal:

HOLY TO THE LORD.^a

³⁰And they made the plate of the holy diadem of pure gold and wrote on it a writing, the engraving of a signet: HOLY TO YHWH.

³¹Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³¹And they put on it a blue cord to put it on the turban from above, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

Moses Approves the Work

³²So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³²And all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. And the sons of Israel did according to all that YHWH had commanded Moses; so they did.

³³Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses:

the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

³³And they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent, and all its vessels, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its bases;

³⁴the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather,^a and the veil of the covering;

³⁴and the covering of ram skins dyed red, and the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the screen;

³⁵the ark of the Testimony^a with its poles and the mercy seat;

³⁵the ark of the Testimony and its poles, and the mercy seat;

³⁶the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;

³⁶the table, all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;

³⁷the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;

³⁷the pure gold lampstand, its lamps—lamps set in order—and all its vessels, and the oil for the light;

³⁸the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

³⁸and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the incense of spices, and the screen of the door of the tent;

³⁹the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils;

the basin with its stand;

³⁹the bronze altar, and the grate of bronze that is for it, its poles, and all its vessels; the basin and its stand;

⁴⁰the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases;

the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

⁴⁰the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases; and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pegs, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting;

⁴¹and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

⁴¹the woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests.

⁴²The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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

⁴³And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

⁴³And Moses looked over all the work, and behold, they had done it as YHWH had commanded; so they had done. And Moses blessed them.