EX-28:1  And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons

with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister

unto me in the priest's office, [even] Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,

Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

EX-28:2  And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother

for

glory and for beauty.

EX-28:3  And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted,

whom

I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make

Aaron's

garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the

priest's office.

EX-28:4  And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a

breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a

mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron

thy

brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the

priest's

office.

EX-28:5  And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and

scarlet, and fine linen.

EX-28:6  And they shall make the ephod [of] gold, [of] blue, and

[of] purple, [of] scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning

work.

EX-28:7  It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at

the

two edges thereof; and [so] it shall be joined together.

EX-28:8  And the curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it,

shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of]

gold,

[of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

EX-28:9  And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them

the

names of the children of Israel:

EX-28:10  Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six

names

of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

EX-28:11  With the work of an engraver in stone, [like] the

engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with

the

names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set

in

ouches of gold.

EX-28:12  And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of

the ephod [for] stones of memorial unto the children of Israel:

and

Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two

shoulders

for a memorial.

EX-28:13  And thou shalt make ouches [of] gold;

EX-28:14  And two chains [of] pure gold at the ends; [of]

wreathen

work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the

ouches.

EX-28:15  And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with

cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it;

[of]

gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine

twined linen, shalt thou make it.

EX-28:16  Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall

be]

the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.

EX-28:17  And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even]

four

rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz,

and a

carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.

EX-28:18  And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire,

and

a diamond.

EX-28:19  And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

EX-28:20  And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper:

they shall be set in gold in their enclosings.

EX-28:21  And the stones shall be with the names of the children

of

Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings

of a

signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the

twelve tribes.

EX-28:22  And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the

ends [of] wreathen work [of] pure gold.

EX-28:23  And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of

gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the

breastplate.

EX-28:24  And thou shalt put the two wreathen [chains] of gold in

the two rings [which are] on the ends of the breastplate.

EX-28:25  And [the other] two ends of the two wreathen [chains]

thou

shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put [them] on the shoulder

pieces of the ephod before it.

EX-28:26  And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt

put

them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof,

which [is] in the side of the ephod inward.

EX-28:27  And two [other] rings of gold thou shalt make, and

shalt

put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the

forepart thereof, over against the [other] coupling thereof,

above

the curious girdle of the ephod.

EX-28:28  And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings

thereof

unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that [it] may be

above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate

be

not loosed from the ephod.

EX-28:29  And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of

Israel

in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in

unto

the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually.

EX-28:30  And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the

Urim

and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he

goeth

in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the

children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

EX-28:31  And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all [of]

blue.

EX-28:32  And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the

midst

thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the

hole

of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

EX-28:33  And [beneath] upon the hem of it thou shalt make

pomegranates [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, round

about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round

about:

EX-28:34  A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a

pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

EX-28:35  And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound

shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy [place] before the

LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.

EX-28:36  And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave

upon

it, [like] the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

EX-28:37  And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be

upon

the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.

EX-28:38  And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may

bear

the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel

shall

hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his

forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

EX-28:39  And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and

thou

shalt make the mitre [of] fine linen, and thou shalt make the

girdle

[of] needlework.

EX-28:40  And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou

shalt

make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for

glory and for beauty.

EX-28:41  And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his

sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and

sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's

office.

EX-28:42  And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their

nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

EX-28:43  And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when

they

come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they

come

near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they

bear

not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him

and

his seed after him.

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