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Chapter 28 |
| 1 | And take thou
unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of
Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. |
| 2 | And thou shalt
make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. |
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And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with
the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him,
that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. |
| 4 | And these are
the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe,
and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments
for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the
priest's office. |
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5 | And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine linen. |
| 6 | And they shall make the ephod of gold, of
blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning
work. |
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It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two
edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. |
| 8 | And the
curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according
to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen. |
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9 | And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on
them the names of the children of Israel: |
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10 | Six of their names on one
stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to
their birth. |
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11 | With the work of an engraver in stone, like the
engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the
children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
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| 12 | And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for
stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their
names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. |
| 13 | And
thou shalt make ouches of gold; |
| 14 | And two chains of pure gold
at the ends; of wreathed work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathed
chains to the ouches. |
| 15 | And thou shalt make the breastplate of
judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of
gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt
thou make it. |
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16 | Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall
be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. |
| 17 | And
thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first
row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first
row. |
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And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond. |
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| And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an
amethyst. |
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| And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper:
they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. |
| 21 | And the
stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to
their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall
they be according to the twelve tribes. |
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22 | And thou shalt make upon
the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathed work of pure gold. |
| 23 |
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the
two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. |
| 24 | And thou
shalt put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings which are on the
ends of the breastplate. |
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25 | And the other two ends of the two
wreathed chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the
shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. |
| 26 | And thou shalt make two rings
of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the
border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. |
| 27 | And two
other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the
ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling
thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. |
| 28 | And they
shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod
with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and
that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. |
| 29 | And Aaron
shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment
upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the
LORD continually. |
| 30 | And thou shalt put in the breastplate of
judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when
he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children
of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. |
| 31 | And thou
shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. |
| 32 | And there
shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a
binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an
habergeon, that it be not rent. |
| 33 | And beneath upon the hem of
it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round
about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: |
| 34 |
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem
of the robe round about. |
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35 | And it shall be upon Aaron to
minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place
before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. |
| 36 | And thou
shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a
signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. |
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37 | And thou shalt put it on a blue lace,
that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall
be. |
| 38 |
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the
iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all
their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be
accepted before the LORD. |
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39 | And thou shalt embroider the coat of
fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make
the girdle of needlework. |
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40 | And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make
coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for
them, for glory and for beauty. |
| 41 | And thou shalt put them upon
Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate
them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's
office. |
| 42
| And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their
nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: |
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And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the
tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to
minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a
statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. |
