1. They used blue, purple, and red thread to make woven clothes for the priests to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the holy clothes for Aaron as the Lord had commanded Moses.
2. They made the holy vest of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen.
3. They hammered the gold into sheets and then cut it into long, thin strips. They worked the gold into the blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen. This was done by skilled craftsmen.
4. They made the shoulder straps for the holy vest, which were attached to the top corners of the vest and tied together over each shoulder.
5. The skillfully woven belt was made in the same way; it was joined to the holy vest as one piece. It was made of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen, the way the Lord commanded Moses.
6. They put gold around the onyx stones and then wrote the names of the sons of Israel on these gems, as a person carves words and designs on a seal.
7. Then they attached the gems on the shoulder straps of the holy vest, as reminders of the twelve sons of Israel. This was done just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8. The skilled craftsmen made the chest covering like the holy vest; it was made of gold, and blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen.
9. The chest covering was square—nine inches long and nine inches wide—and it was folded double to make a pocket.
10. Then they put four rows of beautiful jewels on it: In the first row there was a ruby, a topaz, and a yellow quartz;
11. in the second there was a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
12. in the third there was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13. in the fourth there was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Gold was put around these jewels to attach them to the chest covering,
14. and the names of the sons of Israel were carved on these twelve jewels as a person carves a seal. Each jewel had the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
15. They made chains of pure gold, twisted together like a rope, for the chest covering.
16. The workers made two gold pieces and two gold rings. They put the two gold rings on the two upper corners of the chest covering.