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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 39 -

(Exodus 28:6–14)
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Truly, from hyacinth and purple, vermillion and fine linen, he made the vestments with which Aaron was clothed when he ministered in the holy places, just as the Lord instructed Moses.
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And so he made an ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen,
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wrought with embroidery. And he cut thin strips of gold and drew them into threads, so that they could be twisted into the weave of the first colors.
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And he made two edges, coupled to one another at the top of both sides,
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and a wide belt from the same colors, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
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He also prepared two onyx stones, set and enclosed in gold, and engraved with the skill of a jeweler, with the names of the sons of Israel.
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And he set them in the sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

The Breastpiece

(Exodus 28:15–30)
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He also made a breastplate, wrought with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, from gold, hyacinth, purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen:
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with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.
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And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald;
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in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper;
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in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst;
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in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows.
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And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name.
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They also made, in the breastplate, little chains linked to one another, from the purest gold,
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and two hooks, and the same number of gold rings. Moreover, they set the rings at both sides of the breastplate,
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from which two golden chains would hang, which they connected with the hooks that projected from the corners of the ephod.
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These were both in front and in back so that they met one another, and so that the ephod and the breastplate were woven together,
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being fastened to the wide belt and strongly coupled with rings, to which a hyacinth band was joined, lest they should shake loose and be moved away from one another, just as the Lord instructed Moses.
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They also made the tunic of the ephod entirely from hyacinth,
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with the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven edge all around the head.

Additional Priestly Garments

(Exodus 28:31–43)
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Then, at the feet below, they also made pomegranates from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen,
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and little bells from the purest gold, which they set between the pomegranates at the very bottom of the tunic all around.
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So then, the high priest approached, adorned with gold bell and pomegranate, when he performed his ministry, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
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They also made fine linen tunics with woven work, for Aaron and his sons,
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and headdresses with their little crowns of fine linen,
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and also linen undergarments of fine linen.
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Truly, they also made a wide band of fine twisted linen, hyacinth, purple, as well as vermillion, twice-dyed, with skillful embroidery, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
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They also made the plate of sacred veneration from the purest gold, and they wrote on it, with the skill of a jeweler: “Holy to the Lord.”
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And they fastened it to the headdress with a hyacinth band, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.
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And so all the work of the tabernacle and of the covering of the testimony was completed. And the sons of Israel did all that the Lord had instructed Moses.(a)

Moses Approves the Work

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And they offered the tabernacle, and the covering, and all of the articles: the rings, the panels, the bars, the columns and bases,
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the cover of the skins of rams, dyed red, and the other cover of violet skins,
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the veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory,
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the table, with its vessels and the bread of the presence,
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the lampstand, the lamps, and their utensils with the oil,
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the altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of aromatics,
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and the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle,
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the altar of brass, the grating, the bars, and all of its vessels, the washtub with its base, the hangings of the atrium, and the columns with their bases,
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the hanging at the entrance of the atrium, and their little cords and pegs. Nothing was lacking of the articles that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle and for the covering of the covenant.
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Likewise, the vestments, which the priests, namely, Aaron and his sons, make use of use in the Sanctuary,
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the sons of Israel offered, just as the Lord had instructed.
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After this, when Moses saw that everything was completed, he blessed them.

Footnotes

(a)39:31 The covering of the ark of the testimony was apparently the last object to be completed. This makes sense because the work of making two large Cherubim out of pure gold must have been very difficult and must have required the most skill and time.(Conte)
(Exodus 28:6–14)
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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.
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He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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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.
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They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. It was joined together at the two ends.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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;
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and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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the turban of fine linen, the linen headbands of fine linen, the linen trousers of fine twined linen,
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the sash of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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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”.
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They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Moses Approves the Work

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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.
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They brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent, with all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
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the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,
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the ark of the covenant with its poles, the mercy seat,
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the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
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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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