Exodus 28:2-20

2You are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for splendor and for beauty.

3You are to speak to all who are skilled, whom I have filled with a spirit of artistry, to make Aaron’s garments for consecrating him, so that he may minister to Me as a kohen.

4These are the garments that they are to make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a tunic of checkered work, a turban and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that he may minister to Me as a kohen.

5They are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet and fine linen.

6“They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen, the work of the skillful craftsman.

7It is to have two shoulder pieces stitched to the two ends, so that it may be joined together.

8The skillfully woven band which is upon it, with which it is to be bound, is to be made like the design, and from the same piece of gold, blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen.

9“You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of Bnei-Yisrael:

10six of their names on one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

11With the work of a gem cutter engraving a seal, etch the two stones, in the order of the names of Bnei-Yisrael. Make them enclosed in settings of gold.

12Fasten the two stones upon the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to be memorial stones for Bnei-Yisrael. So Aaron is to bear their names before Adonai on his two shoulders as a reminder.

13Fashion filigree settings of gold,

14along with two chains of pure gold, of braided work, and you will attach the chains to the filigree settings.

15“Make a breastplate of judgment, the work of a skillful craftsman. You are to make it like the design of the ephod—of gold, blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen.

16It is to be square and doubled over, a span in length and a span in width.

17Set within it four rows of jewels: a row of ruby, topaz and emerald for the first row;

18a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond for the second row;

19a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst for the third;

20and a beryl, an onyx and a jasper for the fourth row. They are to be enclosed in gold filigree settings.