Exodus 28

Materials and Details for the Ephod Exodus 28:5–12

⁵Verse 5. They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. ⁶Verse 6. “They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman. ⁷Verse 7. It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together. ⁸Verse 8. The skillfully woven band, which is on it, that is on him, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. ⁹Verse 9. You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

¹⁰Verse 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. ¹¹Verse 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. ¹²Verse 12. You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.

Construction of the Breastplate Exodus 28:13–30

¹³Verse 13. You shall make settings of gold, ¹⁴Verse 14. and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings. ¹⁵Verse 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. ¹⁶Verse 16. It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its width. ¹⁷Verse 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;

¹⁸Verse 18. and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; ¹⁹Verse 19. and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰Verse 20. and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings. ²¹Verse 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. ²²Verse 22. You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. ²³Verse 23. You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²⁴Verse 24. You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. ²⁵Verse 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. ²⁶Verse 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. ²⁷Verse 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.

²⁸Verse 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. ²⁹Verse 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. ³⁰Verse 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: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.

Design of the Robe and Holiness Symbol Exodus 28:31–37

³¹Verse 31. “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. ³²Verse 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. ³³Verse 33. On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them: ³⁴Verse 34. a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. ³⁵Verse 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.

³⁶Verse 36. “You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’ ³⁷Verse 37. You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash; on the front of the sash it shall be.

Consecration and Garments for Aaron's Sons Exodus 28:38–43

³⁸Verse 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. ³⁹Verse 39. 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 sash, the work of the embroiderer. ⁴⁰Verse 40. “You shall make coats for Aaron’s sons, and you shall make sashes for them and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.

⁴¹Verse 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. ⁴²Verse 42. You shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach: ⁴³Verse 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: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.