Exodus 28

1`And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, <FI>even<Fi> Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;

1Take unto thee also Aaron thy brother with his sons, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister to me in the priest's office: Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty;

2And thou shalt make a holy vesture for Aaron, thy brother, for glory and for beauty.

3and thou--thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled <FI>with<Fi> a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me.

3And thou shalt speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's vestments, in which he being consecrated, may minister to me.

4`And these <FI>are<Fi> the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me.

4And these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A rational and an ephod, a tunic and a strait linen garment, a mitre and a girdle. They shall make the holy vestments for thy brother Aaron and his sons, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

5`And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

5And they shall take gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine linen.

6and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer;

6And they shall make the ephod of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, embroidered with divers colours.

7it hath two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined.

7It shall have the two edges joined in the top on both sides, that they may be closed together.

8`And the girdle of his ephod which <FI>is<Fi> on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

8The very workmanship also, and all the variety of the work, shall be of gold, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.

9`And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel;

9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and shalt grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

10Six names on one stone, and the other six on the other, according to the order of their birth.

11the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered <FI>with<Fi> gold, thou dost make them.

11With the work of an engraver, and the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about:

12`And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod--stones of memorial to the sons of Israel--and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.

12And thou shalt put them in both sides of the ephod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon both shoulders, for a remembrance.

13`And thou hast made embroidered things of gold,

13Thou shalt make also hooks of gold.

14and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

14And two little chains of the purest gold, linked one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks.

15`And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it;

15And thou shalt make the rational of judgment with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.

16it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

16It shall be four square and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth.

17`And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle <FI>is<Fi> the first row;

17And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones . In the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald:

18and the second row <FI>is<Fi> emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

18In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper:

19and the third row <FI>is<Fi> opal, agate, and amethyst;

19In the third a ligurius, an agate, and an amethyst:

20and the fourth row <FI>is<Fi> beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,

20In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

21and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.

21And they shall have the names of the children of Israel: with twelve names shall they be engraved, each stone with the name of one according to the twelve tribes.

22`And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

22And thou shalt make on the rational chains, linked one to another, of the purest gold:

23and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;

23And two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the two ends at the top of the rational.

24and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

24And the golden chains thou shalt join to the rings, that are in the ends thereof.

25and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put <FI>them<Fi> on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.

25And the ends of the chains themselves, thou shalt join together with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which is towards the rational.

26`And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which <FI>is<Fi> over-against the ephod within;

26Thou shalt make also two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the top parts of the rational, in the borders that are over against the ephod, and look towards the back parts thereof.

27and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,

27Moreover also other two rings of gold, which are to be set on each side of the ephod beneath, that looketh towards the nether joining, that the rational may be fitted with the ephod,

28and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.

28And may be fastened by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a violet fillet, that the joining artificially wrought may continue, and the rational and the ephod may not be loosed one from the other.

29`And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.

29And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the rational of judgment upon his breast, when he shall enter into the sanctuary, a memorial before the Lord for ever.

30`And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually.

30And thou shalt put in the rational of judgment doctrine and truth, which shall be on Aaron's breast, when he shall go in before the Lord: and he shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his breast, in the sight of the Lord always.

31`And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,

31And thou shalt make the tunic of the ephod all of violet,

32and the opening for its head hath been in its midst, a border is to its opening round about, work of a weaver, as the opening of a habergeon there is to it; it is not rent.

32In the midst whereof above shall be a hole for the head, and a border round about it woven, as is wont to be made in the outmost parts of garments, that it may not easily be broken.

33`And thou hast made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem round about, and bells of gold in their midst round about;

33And beneath at the feet of the same tunic, round about, thou shalt make as it were pomegranates, of violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with little bells set between:

34a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate <FI>are<Fi> on the hems of the upper robe round about.

34So that there shall be a golden bell and a pomegranate, and again another golden bell and a pomegranate.

35`And it hath been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound hath been heard in his coming in unto the sanctuary before Jehovah, and in his going out, and he doth not die.

35And Aaron shall be vested with it in the office of his ministry, that the sound may be heard, when he goeth in and cometh out of the sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and that he may not die.

36`And thou hast made a flower of pure gold, and hast opened on it--openings of a signet--`Holy to Jehovah;'

36Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord.

37and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre--over-against the front of the mitre it is;

37And thou shalt tie it with a violet fillet, and it shall be upon the mitre,

38and it hath been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron hath borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel do hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it hath been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before Jehovah.

38Hanging over the forehead of the high priest. And Aaron shall bear the iniquities of those things, which the children of Israel have offered and sanctified, in all their gifts and offerings. And the plate shall be always on his forehead, that the Lord may be well pleased with them.

39`And thou hast embroidered the coat of linen, and hast made a mitre of linen, and a girdle thou dost make--work of an embroiderer.

39And thou shalt gird the tunic with fine linen, and thou shalt make a fine linen mitre, and a girdle of embroidered work.

40`And for the sons of Aaron thou dost make coats, and thou hast made for them girdles, yea, bonnets thou dost make for them, for honour and for beauty;

40Moreover, for the sons of Aaron thou shalt prepare linen tunics, and girdles and mitres for glory and beauty:

41and thou hast clothed Aaron thy brother with them, and his sons with him, and hast anointed them, and hast consecrated their hand, and hast sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me.

41And with all these things thou shalt vest Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

42`And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;

42Thou shalt make also linen breeches, to cover the flesh of their nakedness, from the reins to the thighs:

43and they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him.

43And Aaron and his sons shall use them when they shall go into the tabernacle of the testimony, or when they approach to the altar to minister in the sanctuary. lest being guilty of iniquity they die. It shall be a law for ever to Aaron, and to his seed after him.