1. With the blue, purple, and red wool they made the magnificent garments which the priests were to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the priestly garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
2. They made the ephod of fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; and gold thread.
3. They hammered out sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips to be worked into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red wool.
4. They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened.
5. The finely woven belt, made of the same materials, was attached to the ephod so as to form one piece with it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
6. They prepared the carnelians and mounted them in gold settings; they were skilfully engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.
7. They put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8. They made the breastpiece of the same materials as the ephod and with similar embroidery.
9. It was square and folded double, 22 centimetres long and 22 centimetres wide.
10. They mounted four rows of precious stones on it: in the first row they mounted a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet;
11. in the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12. in the third row, a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst;
13. and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings.