God gives instructions for the priests' garments: the ephod, the breastplate with twelve stones for the tribes, the robe, the turban and the gold plate engraved Holiness to the LORD.
1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother , and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel , that he may minister unto me in the priest's office , even Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar , Aaron's sons .
2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty .
3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted , whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom , that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office .
4 And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breastplate , and an ephod , and a robe , and a broidered coat , a mitre , and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother , and his sons , that he may minister unto me in the priest's office .
5 And they shall take gold , and blue , and purple , and scarlet , and fine linen .
6 And they shall make the ephod of gold , of blue , and of purple , of scarlet , and fine twined linen , with cunning work .
7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together .
8 And the curious girdle of the ephod , which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold , of blue , and purple , and scarlet , and fine twined linen .
9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones , and grave on them the names of the children of Israel :
10 Six of their names on one stone , and the other six names of the rest on the other stone , according to their birth .
11 With the work of an engraver in stone , like the engravings of a signet , shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel : thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold .
12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial .
13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold ;
14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends ; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches .
15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work ; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold , of blue , and of purple , and of scarlet , and of fine twined linen , shalt thou make it.
16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones , even four rows of stones : the first row shall be a sardius , a topaz , and a carbuncle : this shall be the first row .
18 And the second row shall be an emerald , a sapphire , and a diamond .
19 And the third row a ligure , an agate , and an amethyst .
20 And the fourth row a beryl , and an onyx , and a jasper : they shall be set in gold in their inclosings .
21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel , twelve , according to their names , like the engravings of a signet ; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes .
22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold .
23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold , and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate .
24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate .
25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches , and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it .
26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold , and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward .
27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make , and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath , toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod .
28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue , that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod , and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod .
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart , when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually .
30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart , when he goeth in before the LORD : and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually .
31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue .
32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon , that it be not rent .
33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue , and of purple , and of scarlet , round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about :
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate , a golden bell and a pomegranate , upon the hem of the robe round about .
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD , and when he cometh out, that he die not.
36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold , and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet , HOLINESS TO THE LORD .
37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace , that it may be upon the mitre ; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead , that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things , which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead , that they may be accepted before the LORD .
39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen , and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen , and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework .
40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats , and thou shalt make for them girdles , and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty .
41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother , and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office .
42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness ; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 And they shall be upon Aaron , and upon his sons , when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation , or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity , and die : it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.