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The *ephod
v2 The workers made the *ephod out of gold and out of blue, *purple and red material. They also used soft white material. v3 They used a hammer to make gold into very thin pieces. Then they cut the thin pieces into long, thin pieces like hairs. A *wise man took these gold hairs and he put them into the special material for the *ephod. v4 The workers made pieces for the shoulders of the *ephod. They fixed these to two of its corners, to fasten it. v5 They made the beautiful belt for the *ephod completely out of the same materials. The belt and the *ephod were one whole piece, as the *Lord *commanded Moses. v6 The workers fixed the *onyx stones into thin circles of gold. They used a sharp tool to write on them the names of the sons of *Israel. v7 Then they fastened them to the shoulder pieces of the *ephod. They would cause all the people to remember the sons of *Israel. The *Lord had *commanded Moses to do this.
The *breastpiece
v8 A very *wise worker made the *breastpiece. He made it like the *ephod, out of the same materials. v9 They bent the cloth to make it a square, 22 centimetres long and 22 centimetres wide. v10 Then they fixed four sets of valuable stones on it. The first set was a ruby, a topaz and a beryl. v11 The second set was a turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald. v12 The third set was a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst. v13 The fourth set was a chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper. They fixed each stone in a thin piece of gold that they had made beautiful. v14 They used 12 stones, one for each of *Israels sons. On each stone, they used a sharp tool to write the name of one son. Verses 10-13 Ruby, topaz, beryl, turquoise, sapphire, emerald, jacinth, agate, amethyst, chrysolite, onyx and jasper are all valuable stones. Each stone is a different colour. v15 For the *breastpiece, they made thin lines of gold and they put them together. They made two *chains of gold like this. v16 Then they made two gold rings and two thin pieces of gold that they made beautiful. They fastened the rings to two corners of the *breastpiece. v17 And they fastened the two gold *chains to the rings at the corners of the *breastpiece. v18 They fastened the other ends of the *chains to the beautiful gold pieces. They tied them to the shoulder pieces of the *ephod, at the front. v19 They made two more gold rings and they fixed them to the other corners of the *breastpiece. These were on the inside edge, next to the *ephod. v20 Then they made two more gold rings. They fixed these to the edge of the shoulder pieces, on the front of the *ephod. They put the rings near to the *ephods belt, a short way above it. v21 They tied the rings of the *breastpiece to the rings of the *ephod with a line of blue cotton. They fastened the *breastpiece to the belt so that they would not become separate. The workers made all these things as the *Lord had *commanded Moses.