Sinai & The Law

it hath been square; double they have made the breastplate, a span its length, and a span its breadth, doubled.

And they fill in it four rows of stones; a row of a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle is the one row;

and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

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

and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper--set, embroidered with gold, in their settings.

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

And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

and they make two embroidered things of gold, and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate,

and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

and the two ends of the two thick bands they have put on the two embroidered things, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, over-against its front.

And they make two rings of gold, and set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which is on the side of the ephod within;

and they make two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulders of the ephod below, 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 off the ephod, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

And he maketh the upper robe of the ephod, work of a weaver, completely of blue;

and the opening of the upper robe is in its midst, as the opening of a habergeon, a border is to its opening round about, it is not rent;

and they make on the hems of the upper robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, twined.

And they make bells of pure gold, and put the bells in the midst of the pomegranates, on the hems of the upper robe, round about, in the midst of the pomegranates;

a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, are on the hems of the upper robe, round about, to minister in, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

And they make the coats of linen, work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons,

and the mitre of linen, and the beautiful bonnets of linen, and the linen trousers, of twined linen,

and the girdle of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, work of an embroiderer, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

And they make the flower of the holy crown of pure gold, and write on it a writing, openings of a signet, `Holy to Jehovah;'

and they put on it a ribbon of blue, to put it on the mitre above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

And all the service of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting is completed; and the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have done.

And they bring in the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all its vessels, its hooks, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;