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Exodus 28:1-43 — The Priestly Garments

Exod.28.1-43

¹As for you, bring near to yourself your older brother Aaron, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to serve as priests to me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron. ²You shall make holy garments for your older brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty. ³You shall speak to all the skillful of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, to serve as priest to me. ⁴These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for your older brother Aaron and his sons, to serve as priests to me. ⁵They shall take the gold, the blue, the purple, and the scarlet yarn, and the fine linen. ⁶They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine twined linen, the work of a skillful designer. ⁷It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, that it may be joined together. ⁸The skillfully woven band that is on it, to fasten it, shall be of the same workmanship and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine twined linen. ⁹You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: ¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their birth. ¹¹With the work of a stone engraver, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall make them enclosed in settings of gold. ¹²You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial. ¹³You shall make settings of gold, ¹⁴and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them of braided work, like cords, and you shall put the braided chains on the settings. ¹⁵You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer. Like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of fine twined linen you shall make it. ¹⁶It shall be square and folded double, a span its length and a span its width. ¹⁷You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and emerald shall be the first row; ¹⁸and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹⁹and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings. ²¹The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. ²²You shall make on the breastpiece chains of braided work, like cords, of pure gold. ²³You shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece. ²⁴You shall put the two braided cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece. ²⁵The two ends of the two braided cords you shall put on the two settings, and you shall put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front. ²⁶You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is toward the inner side of the ephod. ²⁷You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two shoulder pieces of the ephod underneath, on its front, close to its seam, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. ²⁸They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod. ²⁹Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart when he enters the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually. ³⁰You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim , and they shall be on Aaron's heart when he goes in before Yahweh. Aaron shall bear the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually. ³¹You shall make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue. ³²It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it. It shall have a woven binding around its opening, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn. ³³On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: ³⁴a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe. ³⁵It shall be on Aaron to minister, and its sound will be heard when he enters the holy place before Yahweh and when he exits, so that he will not die. ³⁶You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet: 'HOLY TO YAHWEH'. ³⁷You shall put it on a cord of blue yarn, and it shall be on the turban; on the front of the turban it shall be. ³⁸It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate, regarding all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh. ³⁹You shall weave the tunic of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of an embroiderer. ⁴⁰For Aaron's sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them, and you shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty. ⁴¹You shall put them on your older brother Aaron, and on his sons with him, and you shall anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them, that they may serve as priests to me. ⁴²You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs. ⁴³They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the Tent of Meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they will not bear iniquity and die. It shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his offspring after him.

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4/11/2026

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