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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.
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