Catholic Public Domain Version

Exodus 39:7-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. And he set them in the sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

8. He also made a breastplate, wrought with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, from gold, hyacinth, purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen:

9. with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.

10. And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald;

11. in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper;

12. in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst;

13. in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows.

14. And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name.

15. They also made, in the breastplate, little chains linked to one another, from the purest gold,