1. “Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from amongst the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office: Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
2. You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
3. You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
4. These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
5. They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6. “They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.
7. It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
8. The skilfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9. You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
10. Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.