28:1 “Then bring forward to yourself your brother Aaron, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to serve as priest to Me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
28:2 And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
28:3 You shall speak to all the ①skillful people whom I have endowed with ②the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may serve as priest to Me.
▷ ①Lit wise of heart ②I.e., artistic skill
28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make: a ①breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a tunic of checkered work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that he may serve as priest to Me.
▷ ①Or pouch
28:5 They shall take the gold, the ①violet, the purple, the scarlet material, and the fine linen.
▷ ①Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
28:6 “They shall also make the ephod of gold, of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of the skilled embroiderer.
28:7 It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, so that it may be joined.
28:8 The skillfully woven band of its overlay, which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, ①of the same material: of gold, of violet and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.
▷ ①Lit from it
28:9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
28:10 six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the ①other stone, according to their birth.
▷ ①Lit second
28:11 ①As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall ②set them in filigree settings of gold.
▷ ①Lit A work of a lapidary, engravings of a seal ②Lit make them to be surrounded
28:12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall carry their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial.
28:13 And you shall make filigree settings of gold,
28:14 and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them of twisted cord work, and you shall put the corded chains on the filigree settings.
28:15 “You shall make a ①breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled embroiderer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen you shall make it.
▷ ①Or pouch
28:16 It shall be square and folded double, a ①span ②in length and a ③span ④in width.
▷ ①About 9 in. or 23 cm ②Lit its ③About 9 in. or 23 cm ④Lit its
28:17 And you shall ①mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;
▷ ①Lit fill in a setting of stones, four rows of stones
28:18 and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
28:19 and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
28:20 and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
28:21 The stones shall be engraved according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name for the twelve tribes.
28:22 You shall also make on the ①breastpiece twisted chains of cord work in pure gold.
▷ ①Or pouch, and so through v 30
28:23 And you shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.
28:24 And you shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.
28:25 You shall put the other two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, at the front of it.
28:26 And you shall make two rings of gold and place them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod.
28:27 And you shall make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
28:28 And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a violet cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod.
28:29 So Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he enters the Holy Place, as a memorial before the LORD continually.
28:30 And you shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the ①Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
▷ ①I.e., lights and perfections
28:31 “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of violet.
28:32 There shall be an opening ①at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.
▷ ①Or for his head
28:33 You shall make on its hem pomegranates of violet, purple, and scarlet material all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:
28:34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe.
28:35 It shall be on Aaron ①when he ministers; and its sound shall be heard when he enters and leaves the Holy Place before the LORD, so that he will not die.
▷ ①Lit for ministering
28:36 “You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’
28:37 You shall ①fasten it on a violet cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.
▷ ①Lit place
28:38 It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall ①take away the guilt of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, regarding all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be accepted before the LORD.
▷ ①Or bear
28:39 “And you shall weave the tunic of checkered work of fine linen, and shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of a ①weaver.
▷ ①Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
28:40 “For Aaron’s sons you shall also make tunics; you shall also make sashes for them, and you shall make ①caps for them, for glory and for beauty.
▷ ①Lit headgear
28:41 Then you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ①ordain them and consecrate them, so that they may serve Me as priests.
▷ ①Lit fill their hand
28:42 You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh; they shall ①reach from the waist even to the thighs.
▷ ①Lit be
28:43 And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they do not incur ①guilt and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and to his ②descendants after him.
▷ ①Or wrongdoing ②Lit seed