Shamuth (Exodus) — 39

Making the Garments of the Kuhanhood

1 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the Qadash place, and made the Qadash garments for Aarun, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH had commanded Musha.

2 They made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 

3 And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs. 

4 They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges. 

5 And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH had commanded Musha.

6 And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Yashar'AL. 

7 Bazalal put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Yashar'AL, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 YAHUAH had commanded Musha.

Making the Breastplate

8 And they made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen. 

9 They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled. 

10 And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row; 

11 the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 

12 the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 

13 the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings. 

14 There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Yashar'AL: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes. 

15 And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold. 

16 They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 

17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. 

18 The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front. 

19 And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod. 

20 They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. 

21 And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 YAHUAH had commanded Musha.

Making the Other Kuhanly Garments

22 Bazalal made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 

23 And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear. 

24 They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen. 

25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates: 

26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH had commanded Musha.

27 They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aarun and his sons, 

28 a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen, 

29 and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH had commanded Musha.

30 Then they made the plate of the Qadash crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet:

31 And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH commanded Musha.

The Work Completed

32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the children of Yashar'AL did according to all that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH had commanded Musha; so they did. 

33 And they brought the tabernacle to Musha, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 

34 the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering; 

35 the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat; 

36 the table, all its utensils, and the showbread; 

37 the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light; 

38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door; 

39 the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base; 

40 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 

41 and the garments of ministry, to minister in the Qadash place: the Qadash garments for Aarun the Kuhan, and his sons’ garments, to minister as Kuhanym (priests).

42 According to all that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH had commanded Musha, so the children of Yashar'AL did all the work. 

43 Then Musha looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 YAHUAH had commanded, just so they had done it. And Musha Baraked them.