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Exodus 28:30-43 New English Translation (NET)

30. “You are to put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of decision; and they are to be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. Aaron is to bear the decisions of the Israelites over his heart before the Lord continually.

31. “You are to make the robe of the ephod completely blue.

32. There is to be an opening in its top in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a collar, so that it cannot be torn.

33. You are to make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet all around its hem and bells of gold between them all around.

34. The pattern is to be a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe.

35. The robe is to be on Aaron as he ministers, and his sound will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die.

36. “You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: “Holiness to the Lord.”

37. You are to attach to it a blue cord so that it will be on the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban,

38. It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the Lord.

39. You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer.

40. “For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty.

41. “You are to clothe them – your brother Aaron and his sons with him – and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

42. Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover from the waist to the thighs.

43. These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they bear no iniquity and die. It is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.

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