Exodus 28
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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 priests office, even
Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aarons 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 Aarons garments to consecrate him, that he may minister
unto me in the priests 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
priests 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
Aarons 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 Aarons
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 Aarons 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
priests 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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