THE
BOOK OF EXODUS
Exodus Chapter 39
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¶ From the blue, and purple, and scarlet material, they made finely
wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, they made these
holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And Bezalel made the ephod of gold, blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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And they beat the gold into thin sheets, and cut it into wires, to work
into the blue, and into the purple, and into the scarlet material, and
into the fine linen, in skilled work.
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They made shoulder-pieces for it, to join it together: it was joined
together by the two edges.
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And the waistband that was on this apron, was one piece with it,
and made like it; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen;
as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And they prepared onyx stones enclosed in settings of gold, engraved, as
signets are engraved, with the names of the children of
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And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to be stones for a
memorial to the children of
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And he made the breastplate skillfully, like the work of the ephod; of
gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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Folded double it was square: its length was a span, and its breadth was
a span.
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On it they made settings for four rows of stones: the first row was
a carnelian, a topaz, and an emerald: this was the first row.
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And the second row, a red garnet, lapis lazuli, and a sardonyx.
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And the third row, a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst.
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And the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a
jasper: they were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.
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There were twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of the
children of Israel, engraved like a signet, each with its name,
according to the twelve tribes.
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And they made chains at the ends of the breastplate, of twisted cords of
pure gold.
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And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two
rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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And they put the two twisted cords of gold in the two rings on the ends of the
breastplate.
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And they fastened the other two ends of the two twisted cords on the two
settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in front.
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And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the
breastplate, on the inside edge, next to the ephod.
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And they made two other golden rings, and attached them to the two sides
of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, near its seam, above the waistband
of the ephod.
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And they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a
lace of blue, that it might be above the skillfully woven waistband of the
ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
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And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
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And there was an opening for the head in the center of the robe,
like the opening in a coat of mail, with a band around the hole, so that
it would not tear.
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And on the hems of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, and purple,
and scarlet, and twined linen.
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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;
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A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the
robe for priestly service; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And they made tunics woven of fine linen for Aaron, and for his sons,
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And a turban of fine linen, and ornamental headpieces of fine
linen, and linen pants of fine twined linen,
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And a sash of fine twined linen, with blue, and purple, and scarlet
needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it
an inscription, like the engraving of a signet ring, HOLINESS TO THE
LORD.
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And they tied a blue lace to it, to fasten it on the turban above; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
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¶ Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation was
finished: the children of Israel had done exactly as the LORD commanded Moses.
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And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all its furnishings,
its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets,
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And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins,
and the veil for a screen,
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The ark of the testimony, and its poles, and the mercy seat,
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The table, and all its vessels, and the showbread,
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The pure gold lampstand, with its
lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its utensils, and the oil
for light,
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And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the
hanging for the tabernacle door,
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The brass altar, and its brass grate, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin
and its stand,
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The hangings for the courtyard, its pillars, and its sockets, and the hanging
for the gate to the court, its cords, and its pegs, and all the utensils for
the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
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The finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons, to serve as
priests.
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According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel had
done all the work.
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And Moses inspected all the work, and, behold, they had done everything just as
the LORD had commanded: and Moses blessed them.