Sinai & The Law

`And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer;

it hath two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined.

`And the girdle of his ephod which is on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

`And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel;

six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;

the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered with gold, thou dost make them.

`And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod--stones of memorial to the sons of Israel--and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.

`And thou hast made embroidered things of gold,

and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

`And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it;

it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

`And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle is the first row;

and the second row is emerald, sapphire, and diamond;

and the third row is opal, agate, and amethyst;

and the fourth row is beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,

and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.

`And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;

and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put them on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.

`And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which is over-against the ephod within;

and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,

and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.

`And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.