Orthodox Jewish Bible

Shemot 39:1-11 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

1. And from the turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, they made bigdei serad (elaborately woven garments) for service in HaKadosh, and made Bigdei Hakodesh for Aharon; as Hashem commanded Moshe.

2. And he [Bezalel] made the Ephod of zahav, turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen.

3. And they did hammer the zahav into thin sheets, and cut threads, to work into the turquoise, and into the purple, and into the fine linen, the artistic weaver's work.

4. They made attaching ketefot (shoulder straps) for it, which were attached to its two [upper] ends.

5. And the Cheishev (Belt) of his Ephod, which is upon it, was of the same according to the work thereof; of zahav, turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted linen; as Hashem commanded Moshe.

6. And they made the avnei shoham (onyx stones), set in settings of zahav, engraved, like chotam (signet ring) is engraved, according to the Shemot Bnei Yisroel.

7. And he fastened them upon the Kitfot HaEphod, that they should be Avnei Zikaron (Memorial Stones) unto the Bnei Yisroel; as Hashem commanded Moshe.

8. And he made the Choshen of artistic weaver's work, like the workmanship of the Ephod; of zahav, turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and fine twisted linen.

9. It was ravu'a (square); they made the Choshen folded double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the width thereof, being doubled.

10. And they set in it four rows of gemstones; the first row was an odem, a pitdah, and barekes; this was the first row.

11. And the second row, a nofech, sapphire, and yahalom.