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Then bring near to you Aaron your brother ,
and his sons with him ,
from among the people of Israel ,
to serve me as priests--Aaron and Aaron '
s sons ,
Nadab and Abi '
hu ,
Elea '
zar and Ith '
amar .
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And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother ,
for glory and for beauty .
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And you shall speak to all who have ability ,
whom I have endowed with an able mind ,
that they make Aaron '
s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood .
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These are the garments which they shall make :
a breastpiece ,
an ephod ,
a robe ,
a coat of checker work ,
a turban ,
and a girdle ;
they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests .
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They shall receive gold ,
blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and fine twined linen .
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And they shall make the ephod of gold ,
of blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and of fine twined linen ,
skilfully worked .
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It shall have two shoulder-pieces attached to its two edges ,
that it may be joined together .
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And the skilfully woven band upon it ,
to gird it on ,
shall be of the same workmanship and materials ,
of gold ,
blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and fine twined linen .
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And you shall take two onyx stones ,
and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel ,
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six of their names on the one stone ,
and the names of the remaining six on the other stone ,
in the order of their birth .
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As a jeweler engraves signets ,
so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel ;
you shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree .
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And you shall set the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod ,
as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel ;
and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for remembrance .
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And you shall make settings of gold filigree ,
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and two chains of pure gold ,
twisted like cords ;
and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings .
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And you shall make a breastpiece of judgment ,
in skilled work ;
like the work of the ephod you shall make it ;
of gold ,
blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
and fine twined linen shall you make it .
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It shall be square and double ,
a span its length and a span its breadth .
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And you shall set in it four rows of stones .
A row of sardius ,
topaz ,
and carbuncle shall be the first row ;
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and the second row an emerald ,
a sapphire ,
and a diamond ;
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and the third row a jacinth ,
an agate ,
and an amethyst ;
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and the fourth row a beryl ,
an onyx ,
and a jasper ;
they shall be set in gold filigree .
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There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel ;
they shall be like signets ,
each engraved with its name ,
for the twelve tribes .
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And you shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords ,
of pure gold ;
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and you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold ,
and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece .
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And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece ;
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the two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree ,
and so attach it in front to the shoulder-pieces of the ephod .
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And you shall make two rings of gold ,
and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece ,
on its inside edge next to the ephod .
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And you shall make two rings of gold ,
and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod ,
at its joining above the skilfully woven band of the ephod .
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And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue ,
that it may lie upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod ,
and that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod .
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So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment upon his heart ,
when he goes into the holy place ,
to bring them to continual remembrance before the LORD .
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And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim ,
and they shall be upon Aaron '
s heart ,
when he goes in before the LORD ;
thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually .
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And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue .
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It shall have in it an opening for the head ,
with a woven binding around the opening ,
like the opening in a garment ,
that it may not be torn .
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On its skirts you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff ,
around its skirts ,
with bells of gold between them ,
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a golden bell and a pomegranate ,
a golden bell and a pomegranate ,
round about on the skirts of the robe .
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And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers ,
and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the LORD ,
and when he comes out ,
lest he die .
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And you shall make a plate of pure gold ,
and engrave on it ,
like the engraving of a signet , `
Holy to the LORD .'
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And you shall fasten it on the turban by a lace of blue ;
it shall be on the front of the turban .
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It shall be upon Aaron '
s forehead ,
and Aaron shall take upon himself any guilt incurred in the holy offering which the people of Israel hallow as their holy gifts ;
it shall always be upon his forehead ,
that they may be accepted before the LORD .
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And you shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen ,
and you shall make a turban of fine linen ,
and you shall make a girdle embroidered with needlework .
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And for Aaron '
s sons you shall make coats and girdles and caps ;
you shall make them for glory and beauty .
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And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother ,
and upon his sons with him ,
and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them ,
that they may serve me as priests .
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And you shall make for them linen breeches to cover their naked flesh ;
from the loins to the thighs they shall reach ;
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and they shall be upon Aaron ,
and upon his sons ,
when they go into the tent of meeting ,
or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place ;
lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die .
This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him .