9. The breastplate was a [hand's] span square when doubled over.
10. And they set in it four rows of stones; a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle made the first row;
11. The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12. The third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13. And the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.
14. There were twelve stones with their names according to those of the sons of Israel, engraved like a signet, each with its name, according to the twelve tribes.
15. And they made [at the ends] of the breastplate twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.
16. And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings which they put on the two ends of the breastplate.
17. And they put the two twisted cords or woven chains of gold in the two rings on the end edges of the breastplate.
18. And the other two ends of the twisted cords or chains of gold they put on the two settings and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, in front.
19. They made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the inside edge of it next to the ephod.
20. And they made two [other] gold rings and attached them to the two shoulder pieces of the ephod underneath, in front, at its joining above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
21. They bound the breastplate by its rings to those of the ephod with a blue lace, that it might lie upon the skillfully woven band of the ephod and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses.