Exodus 39

1From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made the woven garments for ministering in the holy place. They also made the holy garments for Aaron, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

2He made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.

3They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he cut them into threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and into the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

4They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, attached to its two ends so that it could be fastened together.

5The skillfully woven waistband on it was of one piece with it and made the same way, of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

6They prepared the onyx stones, mounted in gold settings and engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

7He fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

8He made the breastpiece, the work of a skilled craftsman, made like the ephod, of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.

9It was square. They made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded.

10They set four rows of stones on it. The first row was a carnelian, a topaz, and an emerald;

11the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

12the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

13and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were mounted in gold settings in their places.

14There were twelve stones, corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

15For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords, of pure gold.

16They made two gold settings and two gold rings, and they fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

17They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece.

18The other two ends of the two cords they fastened to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

19They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.

20They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to its seam just above the waistband of the ephod.

21They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would rest on the waistband of the ephod and the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

22He made the robe of the ephod, woven entirely of blue yarn, the work of a weaver.

23The opening of the robe was in its center, like the opening of a collar, with a binding around the opening so that it would not tear.

24On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, twisted.

25They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe, between the pomegranates:

26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe, for ministering, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

27They made the tunics of fine linen, the work of a weaver, for Aaron and his sons,

28and the turban of fine linen, the linen headbands of the caps, and the linen undergarments of finely twisted linen,

29and the sash of finely twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

30They made the plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription engraved like a seal: “Holy to Yahweh.”

31They attached a blue cord to it to fasten it to the turban above, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

32So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as Yahweh had commanded Moses; that is what they did.

33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;

34the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the screening curtain;

35the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

36the table with all its utensils and the bread of the Presence;

37the pure gold lampstand with its lamps, the lamps set in order, with all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

38the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the screen for the entrance to the tent;

39the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;

40the hangings of the courtyard with its posts and bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting;

41and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

42The Israelites had done all the work just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

43Moses inspected all the work, and they had done it just as Yahweh had commanded; that is what they had done. So Moses blessed them.