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.
16. They made two settings of gold, and two golden rings, and set the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
17. They attached the two golden chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
18. The other two ends of the chains they placed on the two settings, and fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, in the front.
19. They also made two golden rings, and set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge that was toward the side of the ephod facing inward.
20. They made two more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod underneath, in the front, enclosed by their coupling, above the artfully woven band of the ephod.