4. Then they made shoulder pieces for it, joined together at the two ends.
5. The artfully woven band on the ephod, with which to gird it, was of the same piece and the same kind of workmanship of gold, blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen, as Adonai commanded Moses.
6. They placed the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, etched with the engravings of a signet seal, according to the names of Bnei-Yisrael.
7. He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to be memorial stones for Bnei-Yisrael, as Adonai commanded Moses.
8. He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful craftsman, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen.
9. It was square and folded doubled, a span long and a span wide.
10. They mounted within it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz and emerald were the first row.
11. In the second row were a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond.
12. In the third row were a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst,
13. and in the fourth row were a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They were enclosed in fittings of gold within their settings.
14. The stones corresponded to the names of Bnei-Yisrael, like the engravings of a signet seal, each one according to its name for the twelve tribes.
15. They attached braided chains to the breastplate, of wreathed work from pure gold.