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Exodus 28 (WEBP)
[1] “Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office: Aaron, with Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
[2] You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
[3] You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
[4] These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
[5] They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
[6] “They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
[7] It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
[8] The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
[9] You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
[10] Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
[11] With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
[12] You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.
[13] You shall make settings of gold,
[14] and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work. You shall put the braided chains on the settings.
[15] “You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.
[16] It shall be square and folded double; a span° shall be its length, and a span its width.
[17] You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
[18] and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire,§ and an emerald;
[19] and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
[20] and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
[21] The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
[22] You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
[23] You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
[24] You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
[25] The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.
[26] You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
[27] You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
[28] They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
[29] Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.
[30] You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before Yahweh. Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.
[31] “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
[32] It shall have a hole for the head in the middle of it. It shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
[33] On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, all around its hem; with bells of gold between and around them:
[34] a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
[35] It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.
[36] “You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’
[37] You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash. It shall be on the front of the sash.
[38] It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.
[39] You shall weave the tunic with fine linen. You shall make a turban of fine linen. You shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
[40] “You shall make tunics for Aaron’s sons. You shall make sashes for them. You shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.
[41] You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
[42] You shall make them linen pants to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the waist even to the thighs.
[43] They shall be on Aaron and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they don’t bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
Exodus 28:16 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
Exodus 28:18 or, lapis lazuli
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Exodus 28 (KJVS)
[1] And take H7126 (8685) thou unto thee Aaron H175 thy brother H251, and his sons H1121 with him, from among H8432 the children H1121 of Israel H3478, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office H3547 (8763), [even] Aaron H175, Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30, Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385, Aaron’s H175 sons H1121.
[2] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) holy H6944 garments H899 for Aaron H175 thy brother H251 for glory H3519 and for beauty H8597.
[3] And thou shalt speak H1696 (8762) unto all [that are] wise H2450 hearted H3820, whom I have filled H4390 (8765) with the spirit H7307 of wisdom H2451, that they may make H6213 (8804) Aaron’s H175 garments H899 to consecrate H6942 (8763) him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office H3547 (8763).
[4] And these [are] the garments H899 which they shall make H6213 (8799); a breastplate H2833, and an ephod H646, and a robe H4598, and a broidered H8665 coat H3801, a mitre H4701, and a girdle H73: and they shall make H6213 (8804) holy H6944 garments H899 for Aaron H175 thy brother H251, and his sons H1121, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office H3547 (8763).
[5] And they shall take H3947 (8799) gold H2091, and blue H8504, and purple H713, and scarlet H8144 H8438, and fine linen H8336.
[6] And they shall make H6213 (8804) the ephod H646 [of] gold H2091, [of] blue H8504, and [of] purple H713, [of] scarlet H8144 H8438, and fine twined H7806 (8716) linen H8336, with cunning H2803 (8802) work H4639.
[7] It shall have the two H8147 shoulderpieces H3802 thereof joined H2266 (8802) at the two H8147 edges H7098 thereof; and [so] it shall be joined together H2266 (8795).
[8] And the curious girdle H2805 of the ephod H642, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work H4639 thereof; [even of] gold H2091, [of] blue H8504, and purple H713, and scarlet H8144 H8438, and fine twined H7806 (8716) linen H8336.
[9] And thou shalt take H3947 (8804) two H8147 onyx H7718 stones H68, and grave H6605 (8765) on them the names H8034 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478:
[10] Six H8337 of their names H8034 on one H259 stone H68, and [the other] six H8337 names H8034 of the rest H3498 (8737) on the other H8145 stone H68, according to their birth H8435.
[11] With the work H4639 of an engraver H2796 in stone H68, [like] the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, shalt thou engrave H6605 (8762) the two H8147 stones H68 with the names H8034 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478: thou shalt make H6213 (8799) them to be set H4142 (8716) in ouches H4865 of gold H2091.
[12] And thou shalt put H7760 (8804) the two H8147 stones H68 upon the shoulders H3802 of the ephod H646 [for] stones H68 of memorial H2146 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478: and Aaron H175 shall bear H5375 (8804) their names H8034 before H6440 the LORD H3068 upon his two H8147 shoulders H3802 for a memorial H2146.
[13] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) ouches H4865 [of] gold H2091;
[14] And two H8147 chains H8333 [of] pure H2889 gold H2091 at the ends H4020; [of] wreathen H5688 work H4639 shalt thou make H6213 (8799) them, and fasten H5414 (8804) the wreathen H5688 chains H8333 to the ouches H4865.
[15] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) the breastplate H2833 of judgment H4941 with cunning H2803 (8802) work H4639; after the work H4639 of the ephod H646 thou shalt make H6213 (8799) it; [of] gold H2091, [of] blue H8504, and [of] purple H713, and [of] scarlet H8144 H8438, and [of] fine twined H7806 (8716) linen H8336, shalt thou make H6213 (8799) it.
[16] Foursquare H7251 (8803) it shall be [being] doubled H3717 (8803); a span H2239 [shall be] the length H753 thereof, and a span H2239 [shall be] the breadth H7341 thereof.
[17] And thou shalt set H4390 (8765) in it settings H4396 of stones H68, [even] four H702 rows H2905 of stones H68: [the first] row H2905 [shall be] a sardius H124, a topaz H6357, and a carbuncle H1304: [this shall be] the first H259 row H2905.
[18] And the second H8145 row H2905 [shall be] an emerald H5306, a sapphire H5601, and a diamond H3095.
[19] And the third H7992 row H2905 a ligure H3958, an agate H7618, and an amethyst H306.
[20] And the fourth H7243 row H2905 a beryl H8658, and an onyx H7718, and a jasper H3471: they shall be set H7660 (8794) in gold H2091 in their inclosings H4396.
[21] And the stones H68 shall be with the names H8034 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478, twelve H8147 H6240, according to their names H8034, [like] the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368; every one H376 with his name H8034 shall they be according to the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626.
[22] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) upon the breastplate H2833 chains H8331 at the ends H1383 [of] wreathen H5688 work H4639 [of] pure H2889 gold H2091.
[23] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) upon the breastplate H2833 two H8147 rings H2885 of gold H2091, and shalt put H5414 (8804) the two H8147 rings H2885 on the two H8147 ends H7098 of the breastplate H2833.
[24] And thou shalt put H5414 (8804) the two H8147 wreathen H5688 [chains] of gold H2091 in the two H8147 rings H2885 [which are] on the ends H7098 of the breastplate H2833.
[25] And [the other] two H8147 ends H7098 of the two H8147 wreathen H5688 [chains] thou shalt fasten H5414 (8799) in the two H8147 ouches H4865, and put H5414 (8804) [them] on the shoulderpieces H3802 of the ephod H646 before H6440 it H4136.
[26] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) two H8147 rings H2885 of gold H2091, and thou shalt put H7760 (8804) them upon the two H8147 ends H7098 of the breastplate H2833 in the border H8193 thereof, which [is] in the side H5676 of the ephod H646 inward H1004.
[27] And two H8147 [other] rings H2885 of gold H2091 thou shalt make H6213 (8804), and shalt put H5414 (8804) them on the two H8147 sides H3802 of the ephod H646 underneath H4295, toward H4136 the forepart H6440 thereof, over against H5980 the [other] coupling H4225 thereof, above H4605 the curious girdle H2805 of the ephod H646.
[28] And they shall bind H7405 (8799) the breastplate H2833 by the rings H2885 thereof unto the rings H2885 of the ephod H646 with a lace H6616 of blue H8504, that [it] may be above the curious girdle H2805 of the ephod H646, and that the breastplate H2833 be not loosed H2118 (8735) from the ephod H646.
[29] And Aaron H175 shall bear H5375 (8804) the names H8034 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 in the breastplate H2833 of judgment H4941 upon his heart H3820, when he goeth H935 (8800) in unto the holy H6944 [place], for a memorial H2146 before H6440 the LORD H3068 continually H8548.
[30] And thou shalt put H5414 (8804) in the breastplate H2833 of judgment H4941 the Urim H224 and the Thummim H8550; and they shall be upon Aaron’s H175 heart H3820, when he goeth H935 (8800) in before H6440 the LORD H3068: and Aaron H175 shall bear H5375 (8804) the judgment H4941 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 upon his heart H3820 before H6440 the LORD H3068 continually H8548.
[31] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) the robe H4598 of the ephod H646 all H3632 [of] blue H8504.
[32] And there shall be an hole H6310 in the top H7218 of it, in the midst H8432 thereof: it shall have a binding H8193 of woven H707 (8802) work H4639 round about H5439 the hole H6310 of it, as it were the hole H6310 of an habergeon H8473, that it be not rent H7167 (8735).
[33] And [beneath] upon the hem H7757 of it thou shalt make H6213 (8804) pomegranates H7416 [of] blue H8504, and [of] purple H713, and [of] scarlet H8144 H8438, round about H5439 the hem H7757 thereof; and bells H6472 of gold H2091 between H8432 them round about H5439:
[34] A golden H2091 bell H6472 and a pomegranate H7416, a golden H2091 bell H6472 and a pomegranate H7416, upon the hem H7757 of the robe H4598 round about H5439.
[35] And it shall be upon Aaron H175 to minister H8334 (8763): and his sound H6963 shall be heard H8085 (8738) when he goeth H935 (8800) in unto the holy H6944 [place] before H6440 the LORD H3068, and when he cometh H3318 (8800) out, that he die H4191 (8799) not.
[36] And thou shalt make H6213 (8804) a plate H6731 [of] pure H2889 gold H2091, and grave H6605 (8765) upon it, [like] the engravings H6603 of a signet H2368, HOLINESS H6944 TO THE LORD H3068.
[37] And thou shalt put H7760 (8804) it on a blue H8504 lace H6616, that it may be upon the mitre H4701; upon the forefront H6440 H4136 of the mitre H4701 it shall be.
[38] And it shall be upon Aaron’s H175 forehead H4696, that Aaron H175 may bear H5375 (8804) the iniquity H5771 of the holy things H6944, which the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall hallow H6942 (8686) in all their holy H6944 gifts H4979; and it shall be always H8548 upon his forehead H4696, that they may be accepted H7522 before H6440 the LORD H3068.
[39] And thou shalt embroider H7660 (8765) the coat H3801 of fine linen H8336, and thou shalt make H6213 (8804) the mitre H4701 [of] fine linen H8336, and thou shalt make H6213 (8799) the girdle H73 [of] needlework H7551 (8802) H4639.
[40] And for Aaron’s H175 sons H1121 thou shalt make H6213 (8799) coats H3801, and thou shalt make H6213 (8804) for them girdles H73, and bonnets H4021 shalt thou make H6213 (8799) for them, for glory H3519 and for beauty H8597.
[41] And thou shalt put H3847 (8689) them upon Aaron H175 thy brother H251, and his sons H1121 with him; and shalt anoint H4886 (8804) them, and consecrate H4390 (8765) H3027 them, and sanctify H6942 (8765) them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office H3547 (8765).
[42] And thou shalt make H6213 (8798) them linen H906 breeches H4370 to cover H3680 (8763) their nakedness H1320 H6172; from the loins H4975 even unto the thighs H3409 they shall reach:
[43] And they shall be upon Aaron H175, and upon his sons H1121, when they come H935 (8800) in unto the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150, or when they come near H5066 (8800) unto the altar H4196 to minister H8334 (8763) in the holy H6944 [place]; that they bear H5375 (8799) not iniquity H5771, and die H4191 (8804): [it shall be] a statute H2708 for ever H5769 unto him and his seed H2233 after H310 him.
Young’s Literal Translation
Exodus 28 (YLT)
[1] ‘And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, even Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;
[2] and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty;
[3] and thou-thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me.
[4] ‘And these are the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; yea, they have made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me.
[5] ‘And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,
[6] and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer;
[7] it hath two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined.
[8] ‘And the girdle of his ephod which is on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
[9] ‘And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel;
[10] six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;
[11] the work of an engraver in stone, openings of a signet, thou dost open the two stones by the names of the sons of Israel; turned round, embroidered with gold, thou dost make them.
[12] ‘And thou hast set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod-stones of memorial to the sons of Israel-and Aaron hath borne their names before Jehovah, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.
[13] ‘And thou hast made embroidered things of gold,
[14] and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.
[15] ‘And thou hast made a breastplate of judgment, work of a designer; according to the work of the ephod thou dost make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen thou dost make it;
[16] it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.
[17] ‘And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle is the first row;
[18] and the second row is emerald, sapphire, and diamond;
[19] and the third row is opal, agate, and amethyst;
[20] and the fourth row is beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,
[21] and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.
[22] ‘And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;
[23] and thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;
[24] and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;
[25] and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put them on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.
[26] ‘And thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which is over-against the ephod within;
[27] and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,
[28] and they bind the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.
[29] ‘And Aaron hath borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going in unto the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.
[30] ‘And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually.
[31] ‘And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,
[32] and the opening for its head hath been in its midst, a border is to its opening round about, work of a weaver, as the opening of a habergeon there is to it; it is not rent.
[33] ‘And thou hast made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem round about, and bells of gold in their midst round about;
[34] a bell of gold and a pomegranate, a bell of gold and a pomegranate are on the hems of the upper robe round about.
[35] ‘And it hath been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound hath been heard in his coming in unto the sanctuary before Jehovah, and in his going out, and he doth not die.
[36] ‘And thou hast made a flower of pure gold, and hast opened on it-openings of a signet-‘Holy to Jehovah;’
[37] and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre-over-against the front of the mitre it is;
[38] and it hath been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron hath borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel do hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it hath been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before Jehovah.
[39] ‘And thou hast embroidered the coat of linen, and hast made a mitre of linen, and a girdle thou dost make-work of an embroiderer.
[40] ‘And for the sons of Aaron thou dost make coats, and thou hast made for them girdles, yea, bonnets thou dost make for them, for honour and for beauty;
[41] and thou hast clothed Aaron thy brother with them, and his sons with him, and hast anointed them, and hast consecrated their hand, and hast sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me.
[42] ‘And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;
[43] and they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him.