Exodus 39:1--39:7 (Making the Garments for the Priests)

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Chapter 39
39:1 With thw 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.

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

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

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

39:5 The 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.

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

39:7 They put them on the shiulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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