Exodus 39
1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
With the blue, purple, and scarlet wool, they made finely-woven garments for service in the holy place. They made Aaron's garments for the holy place, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine twined linen.
3 And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with skilful work.
They hammered gold sheets and cut them into wires, to work them into the blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and into the fine linen, the work of a skillful workman.
4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.
They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, attached at its two upper corners.
5 And the beautifully woven band of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to its work; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Its finely-woven waistband was like the ephod; it was made of one piece with the ephod, made of fine twined linen that was gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in settings of gold, engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the children of Israel.
They crafted the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, set with engravings as on a signet, and engraved with the names of Israel's twelve sons.
7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Bezalel put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones to remind Yahweh of Israel's twelve sons, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
8 And he made the breastplate of skilful work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
He made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful workman, fashioned like the ephod. He made it of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen.
9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length of it, and a span the breadth of it, being doubled.
It was square. They folded the breastpiece double. It was one span long and one span wide.
10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
They set in it four rows of precious stones. The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet.
11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
The second row had an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
The third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.
13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in settings of gold in their inclosings.
The fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. The stones were mounted in gold settings.
14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
The stones were arranged by the names of Israel's twelve sons, each in order by name. They were like the engraving on a signet ring, each name standing for one of the twelve tribes.
15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of braided work of pure gold.
On the breastpiece they made chains like cords, braided work of pure gold.
16 And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
They made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.
17 And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece.
18 And the two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
They attached the other two ends of the braided chains to the two settings. They attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at its front.
19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
They made two rings of gold and put them on the two other corners of the breastpiece, on the edge next to the inner border.
20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, opposite its other coupling, above the beautifully woven band of the ephod.
They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the front of the ephod, close to its seam above the finely-woven waistband of the ephod.
21 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 beautifully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the ephod's rings with a blue cord, so that it might be attached just above the ephod's finely-woven waistband. This was so that the breastpiece might not become unattached from the ephod. This was done as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
Bezalel made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue fabric, the work of a weaver.
23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a band around the hole, that it should not rend.
It had an opening for the head in the middle. The opening had a woven edge round about so that it did not tear.
24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
On the bottom hem, they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and of fine linen.
25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, around between the pomegranates;
They made bells of pure gold, and they put the bells between the pomegranates all around on the bottom edge the robe, between the pomegranates—
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate—on the edge of the robe for Aaron to serve in. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
They made the coats of fine linen for Aaron and for his sons.
28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly headdresses of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
They made the turban of fine linen, the ornate headbands of fine linen, the linen undergarments of fine linen,
29 And a waistband of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
and the sash of fine linen and of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold; they engraved on it, like the engraving on a signet, “Holy to Yahweh.”
31 And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
They attached to the turban a blue cord to the top of the turban. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
So the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished. The people of Israel did everything. They followed all the instructions that Yahweh had given to Moses.
33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,
They brought the tabernacle to Moses—the tent and all its equipment, its clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;
34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the veil of the covering,
the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow leather, and the curtain to conceal
35 The ark of the testimony, and its staffs, and the mercy seat,
the ark of the testimony, as well as the poles and the atonement lid.
36 The table, and all its vessels, and the showbread,
They brought the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the presence;
37 The pure lampstand, with its lamps, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, and the oil for light,
the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps in a row, with its accessories and the oil for the lamps;
38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the tabernacle entrance;
39 The brasen altar, and its grate of brass, its staffs, and all its vessels, the laver and its foot,
the bronze altar with its bronze grate and its poles and utensil and the large basin with its base.
40 The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, its cords, and its pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
They brought the hangings for the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the courtyard entrance; its ropes and tent pegs; and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office.
They brought the fine woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and his sons, for them to serve as priests.
42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
Thus the people of Israel did all the work as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
43 And Moses looked upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Moses examined all the work, and, behold, they had done it. As Yahweh had commanded, in that way they did it. Then Moses blessed them.
