1. “Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve Me as priest — Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2. Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and beauty.
3. You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s garments for consecrating him to serve Me as priest.
4. These are the garments that they must make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a specially woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons so that they may serve Me as priests.
5. They should use gold; blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; and fine linen.
6. “They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
7. It must have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges so that it can be joined together.
8. The artistically woven waistband that is on the ephod must be of one piece, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.
9. “Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of Israel’s sons:
10. six of their names on the first stone and the remaining six names on the second stone, in the order of their birth.
11. Engrave the two stones with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. Mount them, surrounded with gold filigree settings.
12. Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites. Aaron will carry their names on his two shoulders before the Lord as a reminder.
13. Fashion gold filigree settings
14. and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.
15. “You are to make an embroidered breastpiece for making decisions. Make it with the same workmanship as the ephod; make it of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.
16. It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
17. Place a setting of gemstones on it, four rows of stones:The first row should bea row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;