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| 1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 1From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary. They also made sacred garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 2He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. | 2They made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. |
| 3And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs. | 3They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen--the work of skilled hands. |
| 4They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges. | 4They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened. |
| 5And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 5Its skillfully woven waistband was like it--of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 6And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel. | 6They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings and engraved them like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. |
| 7He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 7Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 8And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. | 8They fashioned the breastpiece--the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. |
| 9They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. | 9It was square--a span long and a span wide--and folded double. |
| 10And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; | 10Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; |
| 11the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; | 11the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; |
| 12the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; | 12the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; |
| 13the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. | 13the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper. They were mounted in gold filigree settings. |
| 14There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. | 14There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. |
| 15And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. | 15For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. |
| 16They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. | 16They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. |
| 17And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. | 17They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, |
| 18The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. | 18and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. |
| 19And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod. | 19They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. |
| 20They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. | 20Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. |
| 21And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 21They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod--as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 22He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. | 22They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth--the work of a weaver-- |
| 23And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear. | 23with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear. |
| 24They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen. | 24They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe. |
| 25And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates: | 25And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates. |
| 26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 26The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 27They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons, | 27For Aaron and his sons, they made tunics of fine linen--the work of a weaver-- |
| 28a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen, | 28and the turban of fine linen, the linen caps and the undergarments of finely twisted linen. |
| 29and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 29The sash was made of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn--the work of an embroiderer--as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 30Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. | 30They made the plate, the sacred emblem, out of pure gold and engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: holy to the Lord. |
| 31And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 31Then they fastened a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 32Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. | 32So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses. |
| 33And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; | 33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; |
| 34the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering; | 34the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather and the shielding curtain; |
| 35the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat; | 35the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover; |
| 36the table, all its utensils, and the showbread; | 36the table with all its articles and the bread of the Presence; |
| 37the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light; | 37the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its accessories, and the olive oil for the light; |
| 38the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door; | 38the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent; |
| 39the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base; | 39the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand; |
| 40the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; | 40the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; |
| 41and the garments of ministry, to minister in the holy place: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests. | 41and the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests. |
| 42According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. | 42The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 43Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them. | 43Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them. |
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