New English Translation

Exodus 39:21-35 New English Translation (NET)

21. They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it was above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

22. He made the robe of the ephod completely blue, the work of a weaver.

23. There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn.

24. They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe.

25. They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates.

26. There was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe, to be used in ministering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

27. They made tunics of fine linen – the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons –

28. and the turban of fine linen, the headbands of fine linen, and the undergarments of fine twisted linen.

29. The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

30. They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, “Holiness to the Lord.”

31. They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32. So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses – they did it exactly so.

33. They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;

34. and the coverings of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the protecting curtain;

35. the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid;