Exodus 28

Revised Geneva Translation

28 “And have your brother Aaron come to you, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, so that he may serve Me in the Priest’s office. That is, Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

² “Also, you shall make holy garments for Aaron, your brother, for glory and beauty.

³ “Therefore, you shall speak to all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with the Spirit of wisdom, so that they make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, so that he may serve Me in the Priest’s office.

⁴ “Now, these shall be the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and an embroidered coat, a turban, and a sash. So shall they make these holy garments for Aaron, your brother, and for his sons, so that he may serve Me in the Priest’s office.

⁵ “Therefore, they shall take gold, and blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

⁶ “And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue silk, and purple, scarlet, and fine-twined linen of skillful workmanship.

⁷ “Its two shoulders shall be joined together by their two edges. So shall it be closed.

⁸ And the ingenious band of the same ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same workmanship: of gold, blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine- twined linen.

⁹ “And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave upon them the names of the sons of Israel,

¹⁰ “six names upon one stone and the other six names upon the second stone, according to their generations.

¹¹ “You shall have the two stones engraved according to the names of the sons of Israel, as an engraver of signets who works and engraves in stone. And you shall have them set and embossed in gold.

¹² “And you shall put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod, as memorial stones of the sons of Israel. For Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

¹³ “So, you shall make settings of gold,

¹⁴ “and two chains of fine gold at the end. You shall make them of interwoven, corded work and shall fasten the corded chains upon the settings.

¹⁵ “Also, you shall make the breastplate of judgment with skilled workmanship. You shall make it like the work of the ephod. You shall make it of gold, blue silk, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-twined linen.

¹⁶ “It shall be square, double-folded, a hand-breadth long and a hand-breadth broad.

¹⁷ “Then you shall set it full of places for stones, four rows of stones. The order shall be this: a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald in the first row.

¹⁸ “And in the second row you shall set an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

¹⁹ “And in the third row: a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst.

²⁰ “And in the fourth row: a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. And they shall be set in gold settings.

²¹ “And the stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names, engraved as signets, every one after his name. They shall be for the twelve tribes.

²² “Then you shall make two chains upon the breastplate, at the ends, of braided work of pure gold.

²³ “You shall also make two rings of gold upon the breastplate and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

²⁴ “And you shall put the two braided, corded chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

²⁵ “And at the other two ends of the two braided chains, you shall fasten the two settings, and shall put them upon the shoulders of the ephod, upon the front of it.

²⁶ “Also, you shall make two rings of gold, which you shall put at the other two ends of the breastplate, upon its border, toward the inside of the ephod.

²⁷ “And, you shall make two rings of gold and put them on the two sides of the ephod, underneath, on the front of it, near the coupling, upon the ingenious band of the ephod.

²⁸ “Thus shall they bind the breastplate: by its rings to the rings of the ephod, with a lace of blue silk, so that it may be fastened upon the ingenious band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate is not loosened from the ephod.

²⁹ “So, Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment, upon his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, as a memorial before the LORD continually.

³⁰ “Also, you shall put the Urim and the Thummim on the breastplate of judgment which shall be upon Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. And Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

³¹ “And you shall make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue silk.

³² “And the hole for his head shall be in the middle of it, having an edge of woven work all around the collar of it. It shall be as the collar of a coat of mail, so that it does not tear.

³³ “And below, upon its hem, you shall make pomegranates of blue silk, and purple, and scarlet all around its hem, and bells of gold between them, all around

³⁴ (a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around, upon the hem of the robe).

³⁵ It shall be upon Aaron when he ministers. And his sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so he shall not die.

³⁶ “Also, you shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it (as signets are engraved) HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

³⁷ And you shall put it on a blue silk lace; and it shall be upon the turban. It shall be upon the front of the turban.

³⁸ “So shall it be upon Aaron’s forehead, so that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the offerings which the children of Israel shall offer in all their holy offerings. And it shall always be upon his forehead, to make them acceptable before the LORD.

³⁹ “You shall embroider the fine linen coat; and you shall make a turban of fine linen. And you shall make a sash of skillful needle work.

⁴⁰ “Also, you shall make tunics for Aaron’s sons; and you shall make them sashes. And you shall make them hats, for glory and beauty.

⁴¹ “And you shall put them upon Aaron, your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, so that they may minister to Me in the Priest’s office.

⁴² “You shall also make them linen trousers to cover their nakedness. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs.

⁴³ “And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, when they come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or when they come to the Altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they do not commit iniquity, and so die. This shall be a Law forever to him, and to his seed after him.