Amplified Bible

Exodus 28:6-14 Amplified Bible (AMP)

6. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen, skillfully woven and worked.

7. It shall have two shoulder straps to join the two [back and front] edges, that it may be held together.

8. The skillfully woven girding band which is on the ephod shall be made of the same, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen.

9. And you shall take two onyx or beryl stones and engrave on them the names of the twelve sons of Israel;

10. Six of their names on one stone and the six names of the rest on the other stone, arranged in order of their birth.

11. With the work of a stone engraver, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel. You shall have them set in sockets or rosettes of gold.

12. And you shall put the two stones upon the [two] shoulder straps of the ephod [of the high priest] as memorial stones for Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names upon his two shoulders as a memorial before the Lord.

13. And you shall make sockets or rosettes of gold for settings,

14. And two chains of pure gold, like cords shall you twist them, and fasten the corded chains to the settings.