High Priestly Garments. 

Exodus 28:1-35

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Exodus 28:1 “Also, join to yourself your brother Aaron, with his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me: Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 28:2 And you shall make a holy vestment for Aaron, your brother, with glory and elegance.

Exodus 28:3 And you shall speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with the spirit of prudence, so that they may make the vestments of Aaron, in which, having been sanctified, he may minister to me.

Exodus 28:4 Now these shall be the vestments that they shall make: A breastplate and an ephod, a tunic and a close-fit linen garment, a headdress and a wide belt. They shall make the holy vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me.

Exodus 28:5 And they shall receive gold, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen.

Exodus 28:6 Then they shall make the ephod of gold, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen, wrought with diverse colors.

Exodus 28:7 It shall have two edges joined at the top on both sides, so that they may respond as one.

Exodus 28:8 Likewise, the weaving and all the detail work shall be of gold, and hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 28:9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

Exodus 28:10 six names on one stone, and the remaining six on the other, according to the order of their birth.

Exodus 28:11 By the work of a sculptor and the skill of a jeweler, you shall engrave them with the names of the sons of Israel, enclosed and encompassed with gold.

Exodus 28:12 And you shall place them on both sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall carry their names before the Lord, upon both shoulders, as a remembrance.

Exodus 28:13 You shall also make hooks of gold,

Exodus 28:14 and two little chains of the purest gold, linked to one another, which you shall insert into the hooks.

Exodus 28:15 Likewise, you shall make the breastplate of judgment, wrought with diverse colors according to weaving of the ephod: of gold, hyacinth and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 28:16 It shall have four corners and be doubled. It shall have the measure of the palm of a hand, both in length and in width.

Exodus 28:17 And you shall set within it four rows of stones. In the first row, there shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald.

Exodus 28:18 In the second, there shall be a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper.

Exodus 28:19 In the third, there shall be a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst.

Exodus 28:20 In the fourth, there shall be a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

Exodus 28:21 And these shall have the names of the sons of Israel. With twelve names shall they be engraved: each stone with one name from the twelve tribes.

Exodus 28:22 You shall make chains of the purest gold, linked one to another, on the breastplate,

Exodus 28:23 and two rings of gold, which you shall place at both ends of the breastplate.

Exodus 28:24 And the golden chains, you shall join to the rings, which are at its edges.

Exodus 28:25 And the ends of the chains themselves, you shall couple with two hooks, on both sides of the ephod, which looks toward the breastplate.

Exodus 28:26 You shall also make two rings of gold, which you shall place at the ends of the breastplate, at the borders which are away from the region of the ephod and which look toward its back.

Exodus 28:27 And then you shall also make two other rings of gold, which are to be suspended on both sides at the bottom of the ephod, which looks out opposite the face of the lower juncture, so that the breastplate can be fitted to the ephod.

Exodus 28:28 And it shall be drawn tight to the rings of the breastplate, by the rings of the ephod, with a hyacinth band, so that the well-constructed juncture will remain in place, and the breastplate and the ephod will not be able to be separated from one another.

Exodus 28:29 And Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment upon his chest, when he enters into the Sanctuary, as a memorial in the presence of the Lord in eternity.

Exodus 28:30 Then you shall place in the breastplate of judgment, Doctrine and Truth, which shall then be upon Aaron’s chest, when he enters before the Lord. And he shall wear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his chest, in the sight of the Lord always.

Exodus 28:31 And you shall make the tunic for the ephod entirely of hyacinth,

Exodus 28:32 and the head will be above its middle, with a hem woven around it, just as is usually made at the end parts of a garment, so that it may not be easily broken.

Exodus 28:33 Yet truly, beneath it, at the base of the same tunic, all around, you shall make something like pomegranates, from hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with little bells set in their midst.

Exodus 28:34 So then, there shall be a little golden bell and a pomegranate, and again another golden bell and a pomegranate.

Exodus 28:35 And Aaron will be vested with it during the office of his ministry, so that the sound may be heard when he enters and exits the Sanctuary, in the sight of the Lord, and so that he may not die.