1. From the blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made finely woven garments, for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
2. He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
3. And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design.
4. They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges.
5. And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
6. They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
7. And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8. He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
9. It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled.
10. And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;
11. and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
12. and 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 the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
15. And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.