Exodus 39Book 2 of 66 · 43 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  2. He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.
  3. And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into threads, to work it in with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, into artistic designs.
  4. They made shoulder straps for it to couple it together; it was coupled together at its two edges.
  5. And the intricately woven band of his ephod that was on it was of the same workmanship, woven of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  6. And they set onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold; they were engraved, as signets are engraved, with the names of the sons of Israel.
  7. He put them on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  8. And he made the breastplate, artistically woven like the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine woven linen.
  9. They made the breastplate square by doubling it; a span was its length and a span its width when doubled.
  10. And they set in it four rows of stones: a row with a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald was the first row
  11. the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond
  12. the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst
  13. the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold in their mountings.
  14. There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.
  15. And they made chains for the breastplate at the ends, like braided cords of pure gold.
  16. They also made two settings of gold and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
  17. And they put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
  18. The two ends of the two braided chains they fastened in the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.
  19. And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was on the inward side of the ephod.
  20. They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.
  21. And they bound the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate would not come loose from the ephod, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  22. He made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
  23. And there was an opening in the middle of the robe, like the opening in a coat of mail, with a woven binding all around the opening, so that it would not tear.
  24. They made on the hem of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, and of fine woven linen.
  25. And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe all around between the pomegranates:
  26. a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe to minister in, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  27. They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons
  28. a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen
  29. and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  30. Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
  31. And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  32. Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the children of Israel did everything according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.
  33. Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its pillars, and its bases.
  34. the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the screening veil of the covering
  35. the ark of the Testimony with its carrying poles and the mercy seat;
  36. the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
  37. The pure gold lampstand with its lamps arranged in order, all its utensils, and the oil for light.
  38. The golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, the screen for the entrance of the tent.
  39. the bronze altar, its bronze grating, its carrying poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
  40. The hangings of the court, its pillars and its bases, the screen for the court gate, its cords and its tent pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting.
  41. The specially woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments to serve as priests.
  42. According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel faithfully did all the work.
  43. Then Moses inspected all the work, and indeed they had accomplished it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it, and Moses blessed them.