New International Reader's Version

Exodus 39:20-34 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

20. They made two more gold rings. They connected them to the bottom of the shoulder straps on the front of the apron. They put them close to the seam right above the waistband of the apron.

21. They tied the rings of the chest cloth to the rings of the apron with blue cord. That connected it to the waistband. Then the chest cloth would not swing out from the linen apron. The workers did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

22. The workers made the outer robe of the linen apron completely from blue cloth. The cloth was made by a skillful person.

23. The workers made an opening like a collar in the center of the robe. They made an edge around the opening. Then it couldn't tear.

24. They made pomegranates out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. They sewed them around the hem of the robe.

25. They made bells out of pure gold. They sewed them around the hem between the pomegranates.

26. They sewed a bell between every two pomegranates all around the hem of the robe. Aaron had to wear the robe when he served as priest. That's what the Lord commanded Moses.

27. The workers made inner robes out of fine linen for Aaron and his sons. The linen cloth was made by a skillful person.

28. The workers also made the turban out of fine linen. And they made the headbands and the underwear out of finely twisted linen.

29. The belt was made out of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and bright red yarn. A person who sewed skillfully made it. The workers did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

30. They made the plate out of pure gold. It was a sacred crown. They carved words on it as if it were a seal. They carved the words set apart for the Lord.

31. Then they tied the plate to the turban with a blue cord. They did those things just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32. So all of the work on the holy tent, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The people of Israel did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

33. Then they brought the holy tent to Moses along with everything that belonged to it. Here are the things they brought. hooks frames crossbars posts bases

34. the covering of ram skins that were dyed red the covering of the hides of sea cows the curtain that screens the ark