Chapter 28 And take thou unto the 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 Ithumar, Aaron's sons.
And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory, and for
beauty.
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wisehearted, 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.
And these are the garments which they shall make, a breastplate, and an ephod,
and a robe, and a broidered coat, a miter, 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.
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine-twined linen, with cunning work.
It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof,
and so it shall be joined together.
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.
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the
children of Israel, six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the
rest on the other stone according to their birth.
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.
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.
And thou shalt make ouches of gold, and two chains of pure gold at the ends.
Of wreath and work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreath and chains to the
ouches.
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.
Four squared shall be being doubled.
A span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
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.
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
And the fourth row, a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper.
They shall be set in gold in their enclosings.
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.
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreath and work of
pure gold.
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two
rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
And thou shalt put the two wreath and chains of gold in the two rings which are
on the ends of the breastplate.
And the other two ends of the two wreath and chains thou shalt fasten in the two
ouches, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod before it.
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.
And two other rings of
Let's go to the Holy Place for a memorial before the Lord continually.
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.
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of
a signet, Holiness to the Lord.
And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the miter,
upon the forefront of the miter it shall be.
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.
And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the miter of
fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
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.
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.
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness, from the loins even
unto the thighs they shall reach.
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 forever unto him, and his seed after him.