Exo 28 | ABEn | STEP | And you lead forward to yourself both Aaron your brother, and his sons from out of the sons of Israel! to officiate as priest to me -- Aaron, and Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar -- sons of Aaron.

Exodus 28

CHAPTER 28 The Priestly Sacred Apparel

1 And you lead forward to yourself both Aaron your brother, and his sons from out of the sons of Israel! to officiate as priest to me -- Aaron, and Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar -- sons of Aaron. 2 And you shall make [²apparel ¹holy] for Aaron your brother, for honor and glory. 3 And you speak to all the wise in thought! whom I filled a spirit of wisdom and perception. And they shall make the [²apparel ¹holy] for Aaron, for the holy place, in which he shall officiate as priest to me. 4 And these are the apparels which they shall make; the breast-plate, and the shoulder-piece, and the foot length robe, and [²inner garment ¹a fringed], and turban, and belt. And they shall make [²apparels ¹holy] for Aaron and to his sons for officiating as priest to me. 5 And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen. 6 And they shall make the shoulder-piece from out of linen being twined, [²work ¹a woven] of an embroiderer. 7 Two shoulder-pieces will be for him, being held together the other to the other, [²upon ³the ⁴two ⁵parts ¹attached]. 8 And the woven work of the shoulder-pieces which is upon him, concerning the making of it, shall be from [²gold ¹pure], and blue, and purple, and scarlet being spun, and linen being twined. 9 And you shall take the two stones -- stones of emerald; and you shall carve on them the names of the sons of Israel. 10 Six names upon the [²stone ¹one], and the six names remaining upon the [²stone ¹second], according to their births. 11 A work of a stonecutter's craft, as a carving of a seal you shall carve the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. 12 And you shall put the two stones upon the shoulders of the shoulder-piece. [²stones ³of memorial ¹They are] to the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall lift up the names of the sons of Israel before the lord upon [²two ³shoulders ¹his], as a memorial for them. 13 And you shall make bezels from [²gold ¹pure]. 14 And you shall make two bordered fringes from out of [²gold ¹pure], being mixed with [³flowers ¹a work ²of wreathen]. And you shall place the bordered fringes being plaited upon the bezels, on their shoulder straps from the front. 15 And you shall make an oracle of the judgments; a work of an embroiderer, according to the proportion of the shoulder-piece; you shall make it from gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet being twined, and linen being twined -- you shall make it. 16 Four-cornered it shall be, doubled; a span the length, and a span the breadth. 17 And you shall interweave in it a woven work inlaid with precious stones, arranged in four rows. A row of stones will be sardius, topaz, and emerald -- for the [²row ¹one]. 18 And the [²row ¹second], carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper. 19 And the [²row ¹third], amber, and agate, and amethyst. 20 And the [²row ¹fourth], chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx, being covered all around in gold and being tied together by gold; let them be according to their row! 21 And [²the ³stones ¹let] be of the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names! Carvings as seals each; [²according to ³the ⁴names ¹let them be] for the twelve tribes! 22 And you shall make upon the oracle a border, being a closely joined, [²work ¹a chain] of [²gold ¹pure]. 23 And you shall make upon the oracle two [²rings ¹golden]. And you shall place the two [²rings ¹golden] upon both the corners of the oracle. 24 And you shall put upon the borders even the chain-works of gold upon the two rings upon both of the sides of the oracle. 25 And two sides of the two borders you shall place upon the two wreaths. And you shall place them upon the shoulders of the shoulder-piece right opposite in front. 26 And you shall make two rings of gold. And you shall place them upon the borders of the oracle, upon the tip from tip of the posterior of the shoulder-piece within. 27 And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall place them upon both of the shoulders of the shoulder-piece from below it, according to the front, according to the coupling from above of the woven part of the shoulder-piece. 28 And you shall clasp the oracle from the rings of the ones upon it, to the rings of the shoulder-piece banded together of the blue work, closely joined to the woven work of the shoulder-piece, that [³should not slacken ¹the ²oracle] from the shoulder-piece. 29 And Aaron shall receive the names of the sons of Israel upon the oracle of the judgment, upon the breast, entering into the holy place, as a memorial before God. 30 And you shall place upon the oracle of the judgment, the Manifestation and the Truth; and they shall be upon the breast of Aaron, whenever he should enter into the holy place before the lord. And Aaron shall bring the judgments of the sons of Israel upon the breast, before the lord always. 31 And you shall make [²undergarment ¹a foot length robe] entirely of blue. 32 And [⁵will be ¹the ²cleft ³of ⁴it] in the middle, [²an edge ¹having] round about the cleft -- a work of a weaver; [²in the ³coupling ¹being woven together] of it that it should not be torn. 33 And you shall make upon the hem of the undergarment below, as it were of a blossoming pomegranate -- figures of pomegranates from out of blue, and purple, and scarlet being spun, and linen being twined upon the hem of the undergarment round about. And the form of it as the figures of pomegranates of gold, and bells in between these that are surrounding. 34 By the figure of a pomegranate of gold, a bell, and flowered work upon the hem of the undergarment round about. 35 And it shall be [⁴of Aaron ¹in ²the ³officiating] [²will be audible ¹his sound] entering into the holy place before the lord, and his exiting, that he might not die. 36 And you shall make a panel [²gold ¹of pure]. And you shall shape on it an impression seal -- Sanctified of the lord. 37 And you shall place it upon blue being twined; and it will be upon the mitre -- in front of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon the forehead of Aaron; and Aaron shall lift away the sins of the holy things whatever as much as [⁴should sanctify ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] -- every gift of their holy things; and it will be upon the forehead of Aaron always -- accepted for them before the lord. 39 And the fringes of the inner garments shall be of linen; and you shall make a [²turban ¹fine linen]; and [²a belt ¹you shall make], the work of an embroiderer. 40 And for the sons of Aaron you shall make inner garments, and belts; and [²turbans ¹you shall make] for them for honor and glory. 41 And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him. And you shall anoint them, and you shall fill their hands. And you shall sanctify them that they should officiate as priests to me. 42 And you shall make for them [²pants ¹flaxen linen] to cover the indecency of their flesh -- from the loin unto the thighs they shall be. 43 And Aaron shall have them and his sons, whenever they should enter into the tent of the testimony, or whenever they should go to officiate to the altar of the holy place; and thus they shall not bring upon themselves sin that they should not die -- [²law ¹for an eternal] for him, and his seed after him.