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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 39 -

(Exodus 28:6–14)
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From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Bezalel made (a) the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
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They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen—the work of a skilled craftsman.
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They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.
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And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
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Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

The Breastpiece

(Exodus 28:15–30)
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He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
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It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.(b)
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And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones:(c) The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
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the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
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The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
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For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.
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They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.
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Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
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and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.
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They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
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They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.
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Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Additional Priestly Garments

(Exodus 28:31–43)
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They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,
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with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment,(d) with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.
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They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.
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They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,
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alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,
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as well as the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands and undergarments of finely spun linen,
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and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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They also made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and they engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.(e)
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Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Moses Approves the Work

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So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
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the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather,(f) and the veil of the covering;
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the ark of the Testimony (g) with its poles and the mercy seat;
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the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;
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the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
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the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
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the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
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the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
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and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.
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The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

Footnotes

(a)39:2 Literally He made
(b)39:9 The breastpiece, when folded over, was approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters in both length and width.
(c)39:10 The precise identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain.
(d)39:23 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; possibly a coat of mail.
(e)39:30 That is, the LORD
(f)39:34 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals
(g)39:35 That is, the ark of the covenant
(Exodus 28:6–14)
1
Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses.
2
He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
3
They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in with the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
4
They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. It was joined together at the two ends.
5
The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses.
6
They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
7
He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

The Breastpiece

(Exodus 28:15–30)
8
He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span,(a) and its width a span, being double.
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They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
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and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire,(b) and an emerald;
12
and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13
and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.
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The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
15
They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
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They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front.
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They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
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They made two more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
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They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Additional Priestly Garments

(Exodus 28:31–43)
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He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
23
The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
24
They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
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They made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe, between the pomegranates;
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a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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They made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons,
28
the turban of fine linen, the linen headbands of fine linen, the linen trousers of fine twined linen,
29
the sash of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as the LORD commanded Moses.
30
They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engravings of a signet: “HOLY TO THE LORD”.
31
They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Moses Approves the Work

32
Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so they did.
33
They brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
34
the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,
35
the ark of the covenant with its poles, the mercy seat,
36
the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
37
the pure lamp stand, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, all its vessels, the oil for the light,
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the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
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the bronze altar, its grating of bronze, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,
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the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,
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the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
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According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
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Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded. They had done so; and Moses blessed them.

Footnotes

(a)39:9 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
(b)39:11 or, lapis lazuli
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