1. The workers made clothes from the blue, purple and bright red yarn. The clothes were worn by those who served in the holy tent. The workers also made sacred clothes for Aaron. They made them just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
2. The workers made the linen apron out of fine gold wire, and out of blue, purple and bright red yarn, and out of finely twisted linen.
3. They hammered out thin sheets of gold. They cut it into fine wire. They sewed it into the blue, purple and bright red yarn and fine linen. A skilled worker made it.
4. The workers made shoulder straps for the apron. The straps were joined to two of its corners.
5. Its skillfully made waistband was made like it. The waistband was part of the apron itself. It was made out of fine gold wire, and out of blue, purple and bright red yarn, and out of finely twisted linen. The workers made it just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
6. They put the onyx stones in fancy gold settings. They carved the names of the sons of Israel on them. They did it the way a person carves a seal.
7. Then they connected them to the shoulder straps of the linen apron. The stones stood for the sons of Israel and were a reminder for them. The workers did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8. Skilled workers made the chest cloth. They made it like the linen apron. They used fine gold wire, and blue, purple and bright red yarn, and finely twisted linen.
9. The chest cloth was nine inches square. It was folded in half.
10. They put four rows of valuable jewels on it. A ruby, a topaz and a beryl were in the first row.
11. A turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald were in the second row.
12. A jacinth, an agate and an amethyst were in the third row.
13. And a chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper were in the fourth row. The workers put them in fancy gold settings.
14. They used a total of 12 stones. There was one stone for each of the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was carved like a seal with the name of one of the 12 tribes.
15. The workers made braided chains out of pure gold for the chest cloth. They made them like ropes.
16. They made two fancy gold settings and two gold rings. They connected them to two corners of the chest cloth.
17. They joined the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the chest cloth.