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Exodus 39:1-11 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. With violet, purple, and scarlet yarn were woven the service cloths for use in the sanctuary, as well as the sacred vestments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

2. The ephod was woven of gold thread and of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn and of fine linen twined.

3. Gold was first hammered into gold leaf and then cut up into threads, which were woven with the violet, purple, and scarlet yarn into an embroidered pattern on the fine linen.

4. Shoulder straps were made for it and joined to its two upper ends.

5. The embroidered belt on the ephod extended out from it, and like it, was made of gold thread, of violet, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine linen twined, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

6. The onyx stones were prepared and mounted in gold filigree work; they were engraved like seal engravings with the names of the sons of Israel.

7. These stones were set on the shoulder straps of the ephod as memorial stones of the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

8. The breastpiece was embroidered like the ephod, with gold thread and violet, purple, and scarlet yarn on cloth of fine linen twined.

9. It was square and folded double, a span high and a span wide in its folded form.

10. Four rows of precious stones were mounted on it: in the first row a carnelian, a topaz, and an emerald;

11. in the second row, a garnet, a sapphire, and a beryl;

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