Exodus 28
1 adplica quoque ad te Aaron fratrem tuum cum filiis suis de medio filiorum Israhel ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi Aaron Nadab et Abiu Eleazar et Ithamar
“Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office: Aaron, with Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
2 faciesque vestem sanctam fratri tuo in gloriam et decorem
You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
3 et loqueris cunctis sapientibus corde quos replevi spiritu prudentiae ut faciant vestes Aaron in quibus sanctificatus ministret mihi
You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
4 haec autem erunt vestimenta quae facient rationale et superumerale tunicam et lineam strictam cidarim et balteum facient vestimenta sancta Aaron fratri tuo et filiis eius ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi
These are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.
5 accipientque aurum et hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque bis tinctum et byssum
They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
6 facient autem superumerale de auro et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere polymito
“They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
7 duas oras iunctas habebit in utroque latere summitatum ut in unum redeant
It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
8 ipsaque textura et cuncta operis varietas erit ex auro et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta
The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its work and of the same piece; of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 sumesque duos lapides onychinos et sculpes in eis nomina filiorum Israhel
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
10 sex nomina in lapide uno et sex reliqua in altero iuxta ordinem nativitatis eorum
Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
11 opere sculptoris et celatura gemmarii sculpes eos nominibus filiorum Israhel inclusos auro atque circumdatos
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel. You shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
12 et pones in utroque latere superumeralis memoriale filiis Israhel portabitque Aaron nomina eorum coram Domino super utrumque umerum ob recordationem
You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial.
13 facies et uncinos ex auro
You shall make settings of gold,
14 et duas catenulas auri purissimi sibi invicem coherentes quas inseres uncinis
and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work. You shall put the braided chains on the settings.
15 rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superumeralis ex auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta
“You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, you shall make it.
16 quadrangulum erit et duplex mensuram palmi habebit tam in longitudine quam in latitudine
It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.
17 ponesque in eo quattuor ordines lapidum in primo versu erit lapis sardius et topazius et zmaragdus
You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
18 in secundo carbunculus sapphyrus et iaspis
and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
19 in tertio ligyrius achates et amethistus
and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20 in quarto chrysolitus onychinus et berillus inclusi auro erunt per ordines suos
and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
21 habebuntque nomina filiorum Israhel duodecim nominibus celabuntur singuli lapides nominibus singulorum per duodecim tribus
The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
22 facies in rationali catenas sibi invicem coherentes ex auro purissimo
You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
23 et duos anulos aureos quos pones in utraque rationalis summitate
You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24 catenasque aureas iunges anulis qui sunt in marginibus eius
You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
25 et ipsarum catenarum extrema duobus copulabis uncinis in utroque latere superumeralis quod rationale respicit
The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.
26 facies et duos anulos aureos quos pones in summitatibus rationalis et in oris quae e regione sunt superumeralis et posteriora eius aspiciunt
You shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
27 nec non et alios duos anulos aureos qui ponendi sunt in utroque latere superumeralis deorsum quod respicit contra faciem iuncturae inferioris ut aptari possit cum superumerali
You shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its forepart, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
28 et stringatur rationale anulis suis cum anulis superumeralis vitta hyacinthina ut maneat iunctura fabrefacta et a se invicem rationale et superumerale nequeant separari
They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
29 portabitque Aaron nomina filiorum Israhel in rationali iudicii super pectus suum quando ingreditur sanctuarium memoriale coram Domino in aeternum
Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
30 pones autem in rationali iudicii doctrinam et veritatem quae erunt in pectore Aaron quando ingreditur coram Domino et gestabit iudicium filiorum Israhel in pectore suo in conspectu Domini semper
You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the LORD. Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before the LORD continually.
31 facies et tunicam superumeralis totam hyacinthinam
“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32 in cuius medio supra erit capitium et ora per gyrum eius textilis sicut fieri solet in extremis vestium partibus ne facile rumpatur
It shall have a hole for the head in the middle of it. It shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
33 deorsum vero ad pedes eiusdem tunicae per circuitum quasi mala punica facies ex hyacintho et purpura et cocco bis tincto mixtis in medio tintinabulis
On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, all around its hem; with bells of gold between and around them:
34 ita ut tintinabulum sit aureum et malum rursumque tintinabulum aliud aureum et malum punicum
a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
35 et vestietur ea Aaron in officio ministerii ut audiatur sonitus quando ingreditur et egreditur sanctuarium in conspectu Domini et non moriatur
It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before the LORD, and when he comes out, that he not die.
36 facies et lamminam de auro purissimo in qua sculpes opere celatoris Sanctum Domino
“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO THE LORD.’
37 ligabisque eam vitta hyacinthina et erit super tiaram
You shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be on the sash. It shall be on the front of the sash.
38 inminens fronti pontificis portabitque Aaron iniquitates eorum quae obtulerint et sanctificaverint filii Israhel in cunctis muneribus et donariis suis erit autem lammina semper in fronte eius ut placatus eis sit Dominus
It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
39 stringesque tunicam bysso et tiaram byssinam facies et balteum opere plumarii
You shall weave the tunic with fine linen. You shall make a turban of fine linen. You shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
40 porro filiis Aaron tunicas lineas parabis et balteos ac tiaras in gloriam et decorem
“You shall make tunics for Aaron’s sons. You shall make sashes for them. You shall make headbands for them, for glory and for beauty.
41 vestiesque his omnibus Aaron fratrem tuum et filios eius cum eo et cunctorum consecrabis manus sanctificabisque illos ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi
You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.
42 facies et feminalia linea ut operiant carnem turpitudinis suae a renibus usque ad femina
You shall make them linen pants to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the waist even to the thighs.
43 et utentur eis Aaron et filii eius quando ingredientur tabernaculum testimonii vel quando adpropinquant ad altare ut ministrent in sanctuario ne iniquitatis rei moriantur legitimum sempiternum erit Aaron et semini eius post eum
They shall be on Aaron and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they do not bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
