Exodus 39:1-21 / Dressed To Minister

Garments of ministry of blue, purple, and scarlet thread were made for ministering in the holy place. Holy garments were made for Aaron, as the Lord commanded Moses.

He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple and scarlet thread and of fine woven linen. They beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads. It was then intertwined with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread and the fine linen into artistic designs. They made shoulder straps to couple it together at its two edges. The intricately woven band of Aaron’s ephod was of the same workmanship – woven of gold, blue, purple and scarlet thread and of fine woven linen, just as the Lord commanded Moses. They set onyx stones, enclosed in gold settings and engraved them with the names of the sons of Israel as signets are engraved. He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones as commanded by the Lord to Moses.

He made the breastplate artistically woven in the same manner of the ephod with gold, blue, purple and scarlet thread and of fine woven linen. The breastplate was made square shaped by doubling it. Its length and width were a span each when doubled. They set four rows of stones. The first row had sardius, topaz and emerald stones. The second row had turquoise, sapphire and diamond stones. The third row had jacinth, agate and amethyst stones. The fourth row had beryl, onyx and jasper stones. All the stones were enclosed in gold settings in their mountings. The twelve stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, engraved like a signet. Each stone had its own name according to the twelve tribes. They made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. They made two gold settings and two gold rings and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. They put the braided gold chains in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. They fastened the two ends of the two braided chains to the settings and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. On the inward side of the ephod, they put two gold rings on the two ends of the edges of the breastplate. They made two more gold rings and put them on the shoulder straps underneath the ephod toward the front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord so that it would be above the woven band and so that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

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