Garments for the Priests 1 UDB "Call your older brother Aaron and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the Israelite people in order that they can serve me as priests. BSB BSB: “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
2 UDB Tell the people to make beautiful clothes for Aaron, clothes that are suitable for one who has this dignified and sacred work. BSB BSB: Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
3 UDB Talk to all the workmen, those to whom I have given skill to build things. Tell them to make clothes for Aaron to wear when he is set apart to become a priest to serve me. BSB BSB: You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
4 UDB The clothes that they are to make are a sacred pouch for Aaron to wear over his breast, a sacred apron, a robe, an embroidered tunic, a turban, and a sash. These are the clothes that your older brother Aaron and his sons must wear as they serve me by doing the work that priests do. BSB BSB: These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
5 UDB The skilled workmen must use fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn to make these clothes. BSB BSB: They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
The Ephod (Exodus 39:1–7)
6 UDB The skilled workmen must make the sacred apron from fine linen, and they must skillfully embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn, and with fine gold wire. BSB BSB: They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
7 UDB It must have two shoulder straps that will join the front part to the back part. BSB BSB: It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened.
8 UDB A carefully woven belt, which must be made from the same materials as the sacred apron, must be sewn onto the apron. BSB BSB: And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
9 UDB A skilled workman must take two onyx stones and carve on them the names of the twelve sons of Jacob. BSB BSB: Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
10 UDB He must engrave the names in the order in which Jacob's sons were born. He must engrave six names on one stone and the other six names on the other stone. BSB BSB: six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.
11 UDB A gem cutter should engrave these names on the two stones. Then he should mount the stones in gold settings. BSB BSB: Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.
12 UDB Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps of the sacred apron to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people. BSB BSB: Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
13 UDB The settings for the stones must be made from gold, BSB BSB: Fashion gold filigree settings
14 UDB and two chains of gold that are braided like cords and to fasten the chains to the settings. BSB BSB: and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
The Breastpiece (Exodus 39:8–21)
15 UDB Tell the skilled workman to make a sacred pouch for Aaron to wear over his chest. He will use this to find out what I want the people to do. The skilled workman must make it of the same materials as the sacred apron, and he must embroider it in the same way with gold, blue, purple, and red fine linen. BSB BSB: You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
16 UDB It is to be square, and the material must be folded double so that it is twenty-three centimeters long and twenty-three centimeters wide. BSB BSB: It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
17 UDB The skilled workman must fasten four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row, he must put a red ruby, a yellow topaz, and a red garnet. BSB BSB: And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
18 UDB In the second row, he must put a green emerald, a blue sapphire, and a diamond. BSB BSB: in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
19 UDB In the third row he must put a red jacinth, a white agate, and a purple amethyst. BSB BSB: in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20 UDB In the fourth row, he must put a yellow beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All of these stones must be mounted in gold settings. BSB BSB: and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
21 UDB A gem cutter should engrave on each of these twelve stones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve tribes of Israel. BSB BSB: The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
22 UDB The two chains that are made from pure gold and braided like cords are for attaching the sacred pouch to the sacred apron. BSB BSB: For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
23 UDB The workman must make two gold rings and attach them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch. BSB BSB: You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.
24 UDB He must make two gold cords and fasten one end of each cord to one of the rings. BSB BSB: Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,
25 UDB He must fasten the other end of each cord to the two settings that enclose the stones. In that way, the sacred pouch will be attached to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron. BSB BSB: and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.
26 UDB Then he must make two more gold rings and attach them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch on the inside edges next to the sacred apron. BSB BSB: Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.
27 UDB He must make two more gold rings and attach them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps near to where the shoulder straps are joined to the sacred apron just above the sash. BSB BSB: Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam just above its woven waistband.
28 UDB The skilled workman must tie the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord so that the sacred pouch is above the sash and does not come loose from the sacred apron. BSB BSB: The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.
29 UDB In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve tribes of Israel in the sacred pouch close to his chest for making decisions when he enters the holy place. BSB BSB: Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
30 UDB Put into the sacred pouch the two things—named Urim and Thummim—that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters the holy place to talk to me. He will use them to determine what my will is for the Israelite people. BSB BSB: And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.
Additional Priestly Garments (Exodus 39:22–31)
31 UDB Tell the workmen to weave only purple cloth for the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest's sacred apron. BSB BSB: You are to make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth,
32 UDB It is to have an opening through which the priest can put his head. They must sew a border around this opening to keep the material from tearing. BSB BSB: with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
33 UDB At the lower edge on the robe, they must fasten decorations that look like pomegranate fruit. They must be woven from blue, purple, and red yarn. BSB BSB: Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,
34 UDB Between each of these decorations, they must fasten a tiny gold bell. BSB BSB: alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.
35 UDB When Aaron enters the holy place in the sacred tent to do his work as a priest and when he leaves the sacred tent, the bells will ring as he walks. As a result, he will not die because of disobeying my instructions. BSB BSB: Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.
36 UDB Tell them to make a tiny ornament of pure gold, and tell a skilled workman to engrave on it the words, 'Dedicated to Yahweh.' BSB BSB: You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.
37 UDB They should fasten this ornament to the front of the turban by a blue cord. BSB BSB: Fasten to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
38 UDB Aaron must always wear the turban on his forehead. Aaron himself must accept the guilt of the Israelite people because of any failure to offer their holy gifts to Yahweh as he commanded. When Aaron does this, Yahweh may accept their gifts. BSB BSB: And it will be worn on Aaron’s forehead, so that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.
39 UDB Tell them to weave the long-sleeved tunic from fine linen. Also they must make from fine linen a turban and a sash, and they must embroider designs on it. BSB BSB: You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.
40 UDB Tell them to make beautiful long-sleeved tunics, sashes, waistbands, and caps for Aaron's sons. Make ones that will be suitable for those who have this dignified work. BSB BSB: Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.
41 UDB Put these clothes on your older brother Aaron and on his sons. Then set them apart for this work by anointing them with olive oil in order that they may serve me by being priests. BSB BSB: After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
42 UDB Also tell them to make linen undershorts for them. The undershorts should extend from their waists to their thighs in order that no one can see their private parts. BSB BSB: Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
43 UDB Aaron and his sons must always wear those undershorts when they enter the sacred tent or when they come near to the altar to offer sacrifices in the holy place. If they do not obey this ritual, I will cause them to die. Aaron and all his male descendants must obey this rule forever." BSB BSB: Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
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