Bible Verses About The High Priest

"Make a breastplate for judging. Have it crafted by a skilled artisan; make it like the work of the ritual vest - make it of gold; blue, purple and scarlet yarn; and finely woven linen.

When folded double it is to be square - a hand-span by a hand-span.

Put on it settings of stones, four rows of stones: the first row is to be a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald;

the second row a green feldspar, a sapphire and a diamond;

the third row an orange zircon, an agate and an amethyst;

and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They are to be mounted in their gold settings.

The stones will correspond to the names of the twelve sons of Isra'el; they are to be engraved with their names as a seal would be engraved, to represent the twelve tribes.

"On the breastplate, make two pure gold chains twisted like cords.

Also for the breastplate, make two gold rings; and put the gold rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

Put the two twisted gold chains in the two rings at the two ends of the breastplate;

attach the other two ends of the twisted chains to the front of the shoulder-pieces of the ritual vest.

Make two gold rings and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, at its edge, on the side facing in toward the vest.

Also make two gold rings and attach them low on the front part of the vest's shoulder-pieces, near the join, above the vest's decorated belt.

Then bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the vest with a blue cord, so that it can be on the vest's decorated belt, and so that the breastplate won't swing loose from the vest.

Aharon will carry the names of the sons of Isra'el on the breastplate for judging, over his heart, when he enters the Holy Place, as a continual reminder before ADONAI.

"You are to make the robe for the ritual vest entirely of blue.

It is to have an opening for the head in the middle. Around the opening is to be a border woven like the neck of a coat of mail, so that it won't tear.

On its bottom hem make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet; and put them all the way around, with gold bells between them all the way around -

gold bell, pomegranate, gold bell, pomegranate, all the way around the hem of the robe.

Aharon is to wear it when he ministers, and its sound will be heard whenever he enters the Holy Place before ADONAI and when he leaves, so that he won't die.

"You are to make an ornament of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal, 'Set apart for ADONAI.'

Fasten it to the turban with a blue cord, on the front of the turban,

over Aharon's forehead. Because Aharon bears the guilt for any errors committed by the people of Isra'el in consecrating their holy gifts, this ornament is always to be on his forehead, so that the gifts for ADONAI will be accepted by him.

ADONAI spoke with Moshe after the death of Aharon's two sons, when they tried to sacrifice before ADONAI and died;

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Tell your brother Aharon not to come at just any time into the Holy Place beyond the curtain, in front of the ark-cover which is on the ark, so that he will not die; because I appear in the cloud over the ark-cover.