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Exodus 39:13-33 Good News Bible (GNB)

13. and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings.

14. Each of the twelve stones had engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, in order to represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

15. For the breastpiece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords.

16. They made two gold settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to the upper corners of the breastpiece.

17. They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings

18. and fastened the other two ends of the cords to the two settings and in this way attached them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod.

19. They made two rings of gold and attached them to the lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

20. They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the two shoulder straps of the ephod, near the seam and above the finely woven belt.

21. Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rested above the belt and did not come loose.

22. The robe that goes under the ephod was made entirely of blue wool.

23. The hole for the head was reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing.

24-26. All round its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

27. They made the shirts for Aaron and his sons,

28. and the turban, the caps, the linen shorts,

29. and the sash of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, decorated with embroidery, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

30. They made the ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, out of pure gold, and they engraved on it “Dedicated to the Lord”.

31. They tied it to the front of the turban with a blue cord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32. All the work on the Tent of the Lord's presence was finally completed. The Israelites made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

33. They brought to Moses the Tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;

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