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.
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.