7. And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
8. He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.
9. It was square. They made the breastplate folded double, a span long and a span wide when doubled.
10. They set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was 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.