7. And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of memorial or remembrance for the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8. And [Bezalel] made the breastplate skillfully, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen.
9. The breastplate was a [hand's] span square when doubled over.
10. And they set in it four rows of stones; a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle made the first row;
11. The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12. The third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13. And the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.
14. There were twelve stones with their names according to those of the sons of Israel, engraved like a signet, each with its name, according to the twelve tribes.
15. And they made [at the ends] of the breastplate twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.