Exodus 28

1Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar may minister to Me.

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2Then you shall make a holy garment for Aaron your brother, for honor and glory.

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3So you shall speak to all who are wise in understanding, whom I filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception, so they may make Aaron's holy vestments for the sanctuary, in which he shall minister to Me as priest.

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4These are the garments they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a full-length robe, a skillfully woven tunic with a fringe, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, so they may minister to Me as priests.

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5They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine linen,

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6and they shall make the ephod of fine spun linen, the woven work of a designer.

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7The two parts of the ephod shall be joined together, attached at their two hems.

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8The woven joining of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of pure gold, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine woven linen.

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9Then you shall take two stones, emeralds, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

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10six of their names on one stone, and six names on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

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11With the work of the stone-engraver's art, the engraving of a seal, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel.

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12You shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders as a memorial.

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13You shall also make bosses of gold,

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14and you shall make two fringes of pure gold intermixed with flowers, a braided work, and fasten the braided fringes to the bosses on the shoulder bands in front.

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15'You shall make the oracle of judgment. Artistically woven according to the style of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine spun linen you shall make it.

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16It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span its width.

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17Interwoven into this texture shall be a setting for four rows of stones. There shall be a row for a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald. This shall be the first row.

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18The second row shall be a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper;

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19the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

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20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, a beryl, and an onyx. They shall be set in gold settings, bound together with gold, according to their row.

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21The stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, as the engravings of seals, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

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22You shall make chains for the oracle, a braided work of pure gold.

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23Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel upon the oracle of judgment on his breast, as a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary.

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24You shall put fringes upon the oracle of judgment, and wreaths on both sides of the oracle. You shall put the two bosses on both shoulders of the ephod in the front.

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25You shall put the revelation and the truth on the oracle of judgment, which will be on the breast of Aaron when he enters the holy place in the Lord's presence; and on his breast Aaron will discern the judgments for the children of Israel at all times.

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26'To go underneath the ephod, you shall make a full-length robe, entirely blue.

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27In the middle of it there shall be an opening for the head, the collar bordered in sheepskin, a woven piece. The hem shall be interwoven with the rest, to prevent ripping.

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28Beneath the border of the robe you shall make knobs as of a flowering pomegranate, constructed of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine spun linen, all around the hem of the garment.

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29Hanging from each golden knob will be a flower-shaped bell all around the hem of the garment.

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30Its sound will be heard when Aaron is serving as a priest, entering and leaving the holy place before the Lord, that he not die.

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31You shall also make a plate of pure gold and, as the inscription of a seal, engrave on it: Holiness to the Lord.

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32You shall put it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban. It shall be on the front of the turban.

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33So it shall be on Aaron's forehead. Aaron shall take away the defilements of the holy things which the children of Israel might dedicate, of their every gift of holy things. It shall always be on Aaron's forehead to make them acceptable before the Lord.

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34'The appointments of the robes you shall make of linen. You shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash of woven work.

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35For Aaron's sons you shall make robes and sashes for them, and turbans you shall make for them for honor and glory.

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36So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate their hands, and sanctify them so they may minister to Me as priests.

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37You shall make for them trousers to cover their naked skin from loin to thigh.

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38Thus Aaron and his sons shall wear them when they come into the tabernacle of testimony or when they come near the altar of the holy place to minister as priests, so they not bring guilt upon themselves so as to die. It shall be an ordinance forever to him and his seed after him.

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