| Chapter 28 |
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And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest -- Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron`s sons. |
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And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for ornament. |
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And thou shalt speak with all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron`s garments to hallow him, that he may serve me as priest. |
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And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a cloak, and a checkered vest, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may serve me as priest. |
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And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, |
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and shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, scarlet and twined byssus, of artistic work. |
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It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof, where it is joined together. |
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And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus. |
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And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: |
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six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. |
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According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them. |
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And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial. |
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And thou shalt make enclosures of gold; |
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and two chains of pure gold; of laced work shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures. |
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And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it. |
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Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. |
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And thou shalt set in it settings of stones -- four rows of stones: one row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald -- the first row; |
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and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond; |
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and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; |
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and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper; enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings. |
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And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes. |
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And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen work, of pure gold. |
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And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. |
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And thou shalt put the two wreathen cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate; |
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and the two ends of the two wreathen cords thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof. |
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And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards. |
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And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod. |
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And they shall bind the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. |
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And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually. |
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And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron`s heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. |
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And thou shalt make the cloak of the ephod all of blue. |
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And its opening for the head shall be in the midst thereof; there shall be a binding of woven work at its opening round about; as the opening of a coat of mail, it shall be in it -- it shall not rend. |
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And on the skirts thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, round about the skirts thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: |
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a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, in the skirts of the cloak round about. |
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And it shall be on Aaron for service; that his sound may be heard when he goeth into the sanctuary before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he may not die. |
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And thou shalt make a thin plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, as the engravings of a seal, Holiness to Jehovah! |
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And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban -- upon the front of the turban shall it be. |
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And it shall be upon Aaron`s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all gifts of their holy things; and it shall be continually on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah. |
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And thou shalt weave the vest of byssus; and thou shalt make a turban of byssus; and thou shalt make a girdle of embroidery. |
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And for Aaron`s sons thou shalt make vests; and thou shalt make for them girdles; and high caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for ornament. |
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And thou shalt clothe with them Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and hallow them, that they may serve me as priests. |
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And thou shalt make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of nakedness; from the loins even to the hips shall they reach. |
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And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die -- an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him. |