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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic

- Kapitel 28 -

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And you, bring your brother Aaron near to you, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, [even] Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;
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and you have made holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty;
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and you speak to all the wise of heart, whom I have filled [with] a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me.
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And these [are] the garments which they make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and an upper robe, and an embroidered coat, a turban, and a girdle; indeed, they have made holy garments for your brother Aaron, and for his sons, for his being priest to Me.
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And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

The Ephod

(Exodus 39:1–7)
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and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of a designer;
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it has two shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined.
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And the girdle of his ephod which [is] on him, according to its work, is of the same, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
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And you have taken the two shoham stones, and have engraved the names of the sons of Israel on them;
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six of their names on the first stone, and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their births;
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the work of an engraver of stone, [as] engravings of a signetyou engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones; encompassing, you make them [with] filigrees of gold.
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And you have set the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod—stones of memorial to the sons of Israeland Aaron has borne their names before YHWH, on his two shoulders, for a memorial.
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And you have made filigrees of gold,
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and you make them [with] two chains of pure gold [as] wreathed work, work of thick bands, and you have put the thick chains on the filigrees.

The Breastpiece

(Exodus 39:8–21)
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And you have made a breastplate of judgment, the work of a designer; you make it according to the work of the ephod; you make it of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen;
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it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.
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And you have set settings of stone in it, four rows of stone: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row;
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and the second row [is] emerald, sapphire, and diamond;
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and the third row [is] opal, agate, and amethyst;
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and the fourth row [is] beryl, and onyx, and jasper; they are embroidered with gold in their settings,
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and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, [as] engravings of a signet, each with his name; they are for the twelve tribes.
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And you have made wreathed chains on the breastplate, [the] work of thick bands of pure gold;
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and you have made two rings of gold on the breastplate, and have put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;
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and you have put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;
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and you put the two ends of the two thick bands on the two filigrees, and you have put [them] on the shoulders of the ephod toward the front of its face.
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And you have made two rings of gold, and have set them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its border, which [is] toward the side of the ephod within it;
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and you have made two rings of gold, and have put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, from beneath, in front of its face, close by its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,
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and they bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a ribbon of blue, to be above the girdle of the ephod, and the breastplate is not loosed from the ephod.
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And Aaron has borne the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment, on his heart, in his going into the holy place, for a memorial before YHWH continually.
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And you have put the Lights and the Perfections into the breastplate of judgment, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before YHWH, and Aaron has borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before YHWH continually.

Additional Priestly Garments

(Exodus 39:22–31)
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And you have made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,
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and the opening for his head has been in its midst; there is a border for its opening all aroundthe work of a weaver—[and] there is as the opening of a [linen] habergeon for it; it is not torn.
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And you have made on its hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, on its hem all around, and bells of gold in their midst all around;
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a bell of gold and a pomegranate [and] a bell of gold and a pomegranate [are] on the hems of the upper robe all around.
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And it has been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound has been heard in his coming into the holy place before YHWH, and in his going out, and he does not die.
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And you have made a flower of pure gold, and have engraved engravings of a signet on it: Holy to YHWH;
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and you have put it on a blue ribbon, and it has been on the turbanit is toward the front of the face of the turban;
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and it has been on the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron has borne the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel hallow, even all their holy gifts; and it has been on his forehead continually for a pleasing thing for them before YHWH.
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And you have embroidered the coat of linen, and have made a turban of linen, and you make a girdle—the work of an embroiderer.
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And you make coats for the sons of Aaron, and you have made girdles for them, and you make caps for them, for glory and for beauty;
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and you have clothed your brother Aaron with them, and his sons with him, and have anointed them, and have consecrated their hand, and have sanctified them, and they have been priests to Me.
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And make linen trousers for them to cover the naked flesh; they are from the loins even to the thighs;
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and they have been on Aaron and on his sons in their going into the Tent of Meeting, or in their drawing near to the altar to minister in the holy place, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; [it is] a continuous statute to him and to his seed after him.”
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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.
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You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
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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.
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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.
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They shall use the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

The Ephod

(Exodus 39:1–7)
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They shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
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It shall have two shoulder straps joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
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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.
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You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You shall make settings of gold,
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and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work. You shall put the braided chains on the settings.

The Breastpiece

(Exodus 39:8–21)
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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.
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It shall be square and folded double; a span (a) shall be its length, and a span its width.
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You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
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and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire,(b) and an emerald;
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and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
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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.
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You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
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You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Additional Priestly Garments

(Exodus 39:22–31)
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You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
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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.
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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:
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a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
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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.
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You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO THE LORD.’
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You shall make them linen pants to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the waist even to the thighs.
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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 don’t bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.

Fußnoten

(a)28:16 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
(b)28:18 or, lapis lazuli