17. You shall set in it four rows of stones: a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle shall be the first row;
18. The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond [so called at that time];
19. The third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20. And the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
21. And the stones shall be twelve, according to the names of the sons of Israel, like the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.
22. You shall make for the breastplate chains of pure gold twisted like cords.
23. You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold and put [them] on the two edges of the breastplate.
24. And you shall put the two twisted, cordlike chains of gold in the two rings which are on the edges of the breastplate.
25. The other two ends of the two twisted, cordlike chains you shall fasten in the two sockets or rosettes in front, putting them on the shoulder straps of the ephod;
26. And make two rings of gold and put them at the two ends of the breastplate on its inside edge next to the ephod.
27. Two gold rings you shall make and attach them to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod in front, close by where they join, above the skillfully woven girdle or band of the ephod.