1 "Have your brother Aaron come to you from among the children of Israel, together with his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so that they may serve me as priests.
2 Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
3 Speak to all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and have them make garments for Aaron to consecrate him to serve me as priest.
4 These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve me as priests.
5 They are to use gold, blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
6 "They are to make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.
7 It is to have two shoulder pieces attached at its two ends, so that it can be fastened together.
8 Its woven waistband is to be made like it, of one piece with the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen.
9 Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel,
10 six names on one stone and the other six on the second stone, in the order of their birth.
11 Engrave the names of the children of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal, and mount the stones in gold filigree settings.
12 Fasten the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the children of Israel. Aaron is to carry their names on his two shoulders before the LORD as a reminder.
13 Make gold filigree settings
14 and two chains of pure gold, braided like cords, and attach the braided chains to the settings.
15 "Make the breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled craftsman. Make it in the same way as the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen.
16 It is to be square when folded double, a span long and a span wide.
17 Mount four rows of stones on it. In the first row are to be a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald;
18 in the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond;
19 in the third row, a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst;
20 in the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They are to be mounted in gold filigree settings.
21 There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the children of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
22 For the breastpiece make braided chains of pure gold, like cords.
23 Make two gold rings for the breastpiece and attach them to its two upper corners.
24 Fasten the two gold cords to the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
25 and fasten the other ends of the two cords to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.
26 Make two more gold rings and attach them to the two lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inner edge that lies against the ephod.
27 Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the woven waistband of the ephod.
28 The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rests above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing loose from it.
29 "In this way, whenever Aaron enters the holy place, he will carry the names of the children of Israel over his heart in the breastpiece of judgment, as a constant reminder before the LORD.
30 Put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they are over Aaron's heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Thus Aaron will always carry the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD.
31 "Make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue.
32 It is to have an opening for the head in the center, with a woven edge around the opening like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not tear.
33 Around its hem make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, all the way around, with gold bells between them,
34 alternating a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, around the whole hem of the robe.
35 Aaron must wear it when he ministers, and the sound will be heard when he enters the holy place before the LORD and when he leaves, so that he will not die.
36 "Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
37 Attach it with a blue cord to the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban.
38 It will be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron will bear the guilt attached to the holy things that the children of Israel set apart, whatever their holy gifts may be. It is to be on his forehead continually, so that they will be accepted before the LORD.
39 Weave the tunic of fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and make a sash, the work of an embroiderer.
40 For Aaron's sons make tunics, sashes and caps, to give them glory and splendor.
41 Put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons; anoint them, ordain them and consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests.
42 Make linen undergarments for them to cover their bare bodies, reaching from the waist to the thighs.
43 Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a lasting ordinance for Aaron and his descendants after him.