Chapter 39
1 Of the blue , purple , and scarlet , they made finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place , and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses .
2 He made the ephod of gold , blue , purple , scarlet , and fine twined linen .
3 They beat the gold into thin plates , and cut it into wires , to work it in with the blue , the purple , the scarlet , and the fine linen , the work of the skilful workman .
4 They made shoulder straps for it , joined together . It was joined together at the two ends .
5 The skilfully woven band that was on it , with which to fasten it on , was of the same piece, like its work : of gold , of blue , purple , scarlet , and fine twined linen , as the LORD commanded Moses .
6 They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold , engraved with the engravings of a signet , according to the names of the children of Israel .
7 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel , as the LORD commanded Moses .
8 He made the breastplate , the work of a skilful workman , like the work of the ephod: of gold , of blue , purple , scarlet , and fine twined linen .
9 It was square . They made the breastplate double . Its length was a span , and its width a span , being double .
10 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz , and beryl was the first row ;
11 and the second row , a turquoise , a sapphire , and an emerald ;
12 and the third row , a jacinth , an agate , and an amethyst;
13 and the fourth row , a chrysolite, an onyx , and a jasper . They were enclosed in gold settings .
14 The stones were 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 , for the twelve tribes .
15 They made on the breastplate chains like cords , of braided work of pure gold .
16 They made two settings of gold , and two gold rings , and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate .
17 They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate .
18 The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings , and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front .
19 They made two rings of gold , and put them on the two ends of the breastplate , on its edge , which was towards the side of the ephod inward .
20 They made two more rings of gold , and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath , in its front , close by its coupling , above the skilfully woven band of the ephod.
21 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue , that it might be on the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses .
22 He made the robe of the ephod of woven work , all of blue .
23 The opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail , with a binding around its opening , that it should not be torn .
24 They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue , purple , scarlet , and twined linen.
25 They made bells of pure gold , and put the bells between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe , between the pomegranates ;
26 a bell and a pomegranate , a bell and a pomegranate , around the skirts of the robe , to minister in , as the LORD commanded Moses .
27 They made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron and for his sons ,
28 the turban of fine linen , the linen headbands of fine linen , the linen trousers of fine twined linen ,
29 the sash of fine twined linen , blue , purple , and scarlet , the work of the embroiderer , as the LORD commanded Moses .
30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold , and wrote on it an inscription , like the engravings of a signet : " HOLY TO THE LORD ".
31 They tied to it a lace of blue , to fasten it on the turban above , as the LORD commanded Moses .
32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished . The children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses ; so they did .
33 They brought the tabernacle to Moses : the tent, with all its furniture , its clasps , its boards , its bars , its pillars , its sockets,
34 the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides , the veil of the screen ,
35 the ark of the covenant with its poles, the mercy seat ,
36 the table , all its vessels , the show bread ,
37 the pure lamp stand, its lamps , even the lamps to be set in order , all its vessels , the oil for the light ,
38 the golden altar , the anointing oil , the sweet incense , the screen for the door of the Tent,
39 the bronze altar , its grating of bronze , its poles, all of its vessels , the basin and its base ,
40 the hangings of the court , its pillars , its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court , its cords , its pins , and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle , for the Tent of Meeting ,
41 the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place , the holy garments for Aaron the priest , and the garments of his sons , to minister in the priest ’s office.
42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses , so the children of Israel did all the work .
43 Moses saw all the work , and behold , they had done it as the LORD had commanded . They had done so ; and Moses blessed them .