39Exodus 39

Making the Garments for the Priests

1With the blue, purple, and red wool they made the magnificent garments which the priests were to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the priestly garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:1

2They made the ephod of fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; and gold thread.Select Exodus 39:2

3They hammered out sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips to be worked into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red wool.Select Exodus 39:3

4They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened.Select Exodus 39:4

5The finely woven belt, made of the same materials, was attached to the ephod so as to form one piece with it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:5

6They prepared the carnelians and mounted them in gold settings; they were skillfully engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.Select Exodus 39:6

7They put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:7

Making the Breastpiece

8They made the breastpiece of the same materials as the ephod and with similar embroidery.Select Exodus 39:8

9It was square and folded double, 9 inches long and 9 inches wide.Select Exodus 39:9

10They mounted four rows of precious stones on it: in the first row they mounted a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet;Select Exodus 39:10

11in the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;Select Exodus 39:11

12in the third row, a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst;Select Exodus 39:12

13and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings.Select Exodus 39:13

14Each of the twelve stones had engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, in order to represent the twelve tribes of Israel.Select Exodus 39:14

15For the breastpiece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords.Select Exodus 39:15

16They made two gold settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to the upper corners of the breastpiece.Select Exodus 39:16

17They fastened the two gold cords to the two ringsSelect Exodus 39:17

18and fastened the other two ends of the cords to the two settings and in this way attached them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod.Select Exodus 39:18

19They made two rings of gold and attached them to the lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.Select Exodus 39:19

20They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the two shoulder straps of the ephod, near the seam and above the finely woven belt.Select Exodus 39:20

21Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rested above the belt and did not come loose.Select Exodus 39:21

Making the Other Priestly Garments

22The robe that goes under the ephod was made entirely of blue wool.Select Exodus 39:22

23The hole for the head was reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing.Select Exodus 39:23

26All around its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:26

27They made the shirts for Aaron and his sons,Select Exodus 39:27

28and the turban, the caps, the linen shorts,Select Exodus 39:28

29and the sash of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, decorated with embroidery, as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:29

30They made the ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, out of pure gold, and they engraved on it “Dedicated to the Lord.”Select Exodus 39:30

31They tied it to the front of the turban with a blue cord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:31

The Completion of the Work

32All the work on the Tent of the Lord's presence was finally completed. The Israelites made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:32

33They brought to Moses the Tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;Select Exodus 39:33

34the covering of rams' skin dyed red; the covering of fine leather; the curtain;Select Exodus 39:34

35the Covenant Box containing the stone tablets, its poles, and its lid;Select Exodus 39:35

36the table and all its equipment, and the bread offered to God;Select Exodus 39:36

37the lampstand of pure gold, its lamps, all its equipment, and the oil for the lamps;Select Exodus 39:37

38the gold altar; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;Select Exodus 39:38

39the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base;Select Exodus 39:39

40the curtains for the enclosure and its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure and its ropes; the Tent pegs; all the equipment to be used in the Tent;Select Exodus 39:40

41and the magnificent garments the priests were to wear in the Holy Place—the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons.Select Exodus 39:41

42The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.Select Exodus 39:42

43Moses examined everything and saw that they had made it all just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.Select Exodus 39:43