And takethouuntotheeAaron thy brother, and his sonswith him, fromamong the children of Israel, that he may ministerunto me in the priest’soffice, evenAaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’ssons.
And thoushaltspeakunto all that are wisehearted, whom I havefilledwith the spirit of wisdom, thatthey may makeAaron’sgarments to consecrate him, that he may ministerunto me in the priest’soffice.
And these are the garmentswhichtheyshallmake; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broideredcoat, a mitre, and a girdle: and theyshallmakeholygarments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may ministerunto me in the priest’soffice.
And the curiousgirdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the workthereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finetwinedlinen.
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shaltthouengrave the two stoneswith the names of the children of Israel: thoushaltmakethem to be set in ouches of gold.
And thoushalt put the two stonesupon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorialunto the children of Israel: and Aaronshallbeartheirnamesbefore the LORDupon his two shoulders for a memorial.
And thoushaltmake the breastplate of judgmentwithcunningwork; after the work of the ephodthoushaltmake it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of finetwinedlinen, shaltthoumake it.
And thoushalt set in it settings of stones, evenfourrows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: thisshall be the first row.
And the stonesshall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to theirnames, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his nameshallthey be according to the twelvetribes.
And thoushaltmake two rings of gold, and thoushalt put themupon the two ends of the breastplate in the borderthereof, which is in the side of the ephodinward.
And two otherrings of goldthoushaltmake, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephodunderneath, toward the forepartthereof, overagainst the othercouplingthereof, above the curiousgirdle of the ephod.
And theyshallbind the breastplate by the ringsthereofunto the rings of the ephodwith a lace of blue, that it may be above the curiousgirdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosedfrom the ephod.
And Aaronshallbear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgmentupon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holyplace, for a memorialbefore the LORDcontinually.
And thoushalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and theyshall be uponAaron’sheart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaronshallbear the judgment of the children of Israelupon his heartbefore the LORDcontinually.
And thereshall be an hole in the top of it, in the midstthereof: it shallhave a binding of wovenworkroundabout the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
And beneathupon the hem of it thoushaltmakepomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, roundabout the hem thereof; and bells of goldbetweenthemroundabout:
And it shall be uponAaron to minister: and his soundshall be heardwhen he goeth in unto the holyplacebefore the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
And it shall be uponAaron’sforehead, thatAaron may bear the iniquity of the holythings, which the children of Israelshallhallow in all theirholygifts; and it shall be alwaysupon his forehead, thatthey may be acceptedbefore the LORD.
And thoushalt put themuponAaron thy brother, and his sonswith him; and shaltanointthem, and consecratethem, and sanctifythem, thatthey may ministerunto me in the priest’soffice.
And theyshall be uponAaron, and upon his sons, whentheycome in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or whentheycomenearunto the altar to minister in the holyplace; thattheybear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for everunto him and his seedafter him.