7. It shall have a pair of shoulder straps joined to its two upper ends.
8. The embroidered belt of the ephod shall extend out from it and, like it, be made of gold thread, of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined.
9. Get two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
10. six of their names on one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
11. As a gem-cutter engraves a seal, so shall you have the two stones engraved with the names of the sons of Israel and then mounted in gold filigree work.
12. Set these two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod as memorial stones of the sons of Israel. Thus Aaron shall bear their names on his shoulders as a reminder before the Lord.
13. Make filigree rosettes of gold,
14. as well as two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords, and fasten the cordlike chains to the filigree rosettes.
15. The breastpiece of decision you shall also have made, embroidered like the ephod with gold thread and violet, purple, and scarlet yarn on cloth of fine linen twined.
16. It is to be square when folded double, a span high and a span wide.
17. On it you shall mount four rows of precious stones: in the first row, a carnelian, a topaz, and an emerald;
18. in the second row, a garnet, a sapphire, and a beryl;
19. in the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20. in the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones are to be mounted in gold filigree work,
21. twelve of them to match the names of the sons of Israel, each stone engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.