Common English Bible

Exodus 28:22-29 Common English Bible (CEB)

22. Make chains of pure gold twisted like cords for the chest pendant.

23. Make two gold rings for the chest pendant and attach the two rings to the two edges of the chest pendant.

24. Attach the two gold cords to the two rings at the edges of the chest pendant.

25. Then fasten the two ends of the cords to the two settings, which you should attach to the vest’s two front shoulder pieces.

26. Make two gold rings and attach them to the two ends of the chest pendant on its inside edge facing the vest.

27. Make two gold rings and fasten them on the front of the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the vest, at its seam just above the vest’s belt.

28. The chest pendant should be held in place by a blue cord binding its rings to the vest’s rings so that the chest pendant rests on the vest’s belt and won’t come loose from the vest.

29. In this way, Aaron will carry the names of Israel’s sons on the chest pendant for making decisions over his heart when he goes into the sanctuary as a reminder before the Lord at all times.