Exodus 28:1-30

Summon to you your brother Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar. Make holy clothing that will give honor and dignity to your brother Aaron. Tell all who are skilled, to whom I have given special abilities, to make clothing for Aaron for his dedication to serve me as a priest. These are the articles of clothing that they should make: a chest pendant, a vest, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. When they make this holy clothing for your brother Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests, they should use gold, blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine linen. They should make the vest of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen with embroidered designs. The vest will have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges so that they may be joined together. The vest’s belt should be attached to it and made in the same way of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and fine twisted linen. Take two gemstones and engrave on them the names of Israel’s sons, six names on one stone and the other six names on the other stone, in the order of their birth. Like a gem cutter who engraves official seals, you will engrave the two stones with the names of Israel’s sons. Mount them in gold settings. Attach the two stones to the vest’s shoulder pieces as stones of reminder for the Israelites. Aaron will carry into the LORD’s presence their names on his two shoulders as a reminder. Then make gold settings along with two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords. Attach the corded chains to the gold settings. Make an embroidered chest pendant used for making decisions. Make it in the style of the vest, using gold, blue and purple and deep red yarns, and fine twisted linen. It will be square and doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide. Set in it four rows of gemstone settings. The first row will be a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald stones. The second row will be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a moonstone. The third row will be a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. The fourth row will be a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Their settings will be made of decorative gold. There will be twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of Israel’s sons. They will be engraved like official seals, each with its name for the twelve tribes. Make chains of pure gold twisted like cords for the chest pendant. Make two gold rings for the chest pendant and attach the two rings to the two edges of the chest pendant. Attach the two gold cords to the two rings at the edges of the chest pendant. Then fasten the two ends of the cords to the two settings, which you should attach to the vest’s two front shoulder pieces. Make two gold rings and attach them to the two ends of the chest pendant on its inside edge facing the vest. Make two gold rings and fasten them on the front of the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the vest, at its seam just above the vest’s belt. The chest pendant should be held in place by a blue cord binding its rings to the vest’s rings so that the chest pendant rests on the vest’s belt and won’t come loose from the vest. In this way, Aaron will carry the names of Israel’s sons on the chest pendant for making decisions over his heart when he goes into the sanctuary as a reminder before the LORD at all times. Put into the chest pendant used for making decisions the Urim and the Thummim, so they will be over Aaron’s heart when he goes into the LORD’s presence. In this way, Aaron will carry the means to make decisions for the Israelites over his heart when in the LORD’s presence at all times.