1 From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the holy place. They also made the sacred garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
2 He made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen.
3 They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads to weave in among the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.
4 They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, attached at its two ends so that it could be fastened together.
5 Its woven waistband was made like it, of one piece with the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
6 They prepared the onyx stones, mounted in gold filigree settings and engraved the way a seal is engraved with the names of the children of Israel.
7 He fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the children of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
8 He made the breastpiece, the work of a skilled craftsman, in the same way as the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of fine twisted linen.
9 It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when doubled.
10 They mounted four rows of stones on it. In the first row were a carnelian, a topaz and an emerald;
11 in the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond;
12 in the third row, a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst;
13 in the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx and a jasper. They were mounted in gold filigree settings.
14 There were 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.
15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like cords.
16 They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and attached the two rings to the two upper corners of the breastpiece.
17 They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
18 and fastened the other ends of the two cords to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.
19 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the two lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inner edge that lies against the ephod.
20 They made two more gold rings and attached 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.
21 They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rested above the waistband and did not swing loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 He made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue, the work of a weaver.
23 The opening of the robe was in its center, like the opening of a coat of mail, with an edge around the opening so that it would not tear.
24 Around the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, twisted.
25 They made bells of pure gold and fastened them between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe,
26 alternating a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the whole hem of the robe worn for ministering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
27 For Aaron and his sons they made tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver,
28 and the turban of fine linen, the decorated caps of fine linen, and the undergarments of fine twisted linen,
29 and the sash of fine twisted linen with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30 They made the plate, the holy crown, of pure gold and inscribed on it, as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
31 They attached a blue cord to it to fasten it to the turban on top, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
32 So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The children of Israel did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, bars, pillars and bases;
34 the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of goatskins and the screening veil;
35 the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
36 the table with all its utensils and the bread of the Presence;
37 the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;
38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense and the screen for the entrance to the tent;
39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
40 the hangings of the court with its pillars and bases, the screen for the gate of the court, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;
41 and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they served as priests.
42 The children of Israel had done all the work exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses.
43 Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had done it; just as the LORD had commanded, so they had done it. And Moses blessed them.