Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Exodus 28:19-33 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

19. The third row should have a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

20. The fourth row should have a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Set all these jewels in gold.

21. There will be twelve jewels on the judgment pouch—one stone for each of the sons of Israel. Each stone will be like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes cut into it.

22. “Make chains of pure gold for the judgment pouch. These chains must be braided like a rope.

23. Make two gold rings and put them on two corners of the judgment pouch.

24. Put the two golden chains through the two rings at the corners of the judgment pouch.

25. Fasten the other ends of the gold chains to the two settings. This will fasten them to the two shoulder pieces of the ephod on the front.

26. Make two more gold rings and put them on the other two corners of the judgment pouch. This will be on the inside edge of the judgment pouch next to the ephod.

27. Make two more gold rings and put them on the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod. Put the gold rings above the cloth belt of the ephod.

28. Use blue ribbon to tie the rings of the judgment pouch to the rings of the ephod. In this way the judgment pouch will rest close to the cloth belt and will be held against the ephod.

29. “When Aaron enters the Holy Place, he must wear the judgment pouch. In this way he will wear the names of the twelve sons of Israel over his heart. And the Lord will always be reminded of them.

30. Put the Urim and Thummim inside the judgment pouch. They will be over Aaron’s heart when he goes before the Lord. So Aaron will always carry with him a way of judging for the Israelites when he is before the Lord.

31. “Make a blue robe for the ephod.

32. Make a hole in the center for the head. And sew a piece of cloth around the edge of this hole. This cloth will be like a collar that keeps the hole from tearing.

33. Use blue, purple, and red yarn to make cloth pomegranates. Hang these pomegranates around the bottom edge of the robe, and hang gold bells between the pomegranates.