Open English Translation EXO Chapter 39

39 They used the blue, purple, and scarlet cloth to make the sacred clothes to be used in the sacred tent. They made Aharon’s clothes just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh.

The sacred apron

2 Bezalel made the sacred apron from twisted finely-spun linen embroidered with gold wire, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. 3 They hammered thin sheets of gold and he cut them into thread of wire for a skillful craftsman to embroider into the fine linen along with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. 4 They made joined shoulder pieces for it—joined on two corners 5 and the skillfully woven waistband which is attached to the apron was made of the same material of twisted finely-spun linen, and had similar embroidery using gold wire, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh. 6 They cut two onyx stones and mounted them in decorative gold settings. The names of the twelve sons of Yisra’el were engraved on them similar to how a signet ring is engraved, 7 and he put them on the shoulder pieces of the sacred apron as stones of reminder for the sons of Yisra’el, as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh.

8 Then he made the sacred chest pouch which took the work of a skilled craftsman like making the sacred apron. It too was made of twisted finely-spun linen and embroidered with gold wire, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. 9 When the material was folded over double, it made a square pouch that was 23cm long and 23cm wide, 10 and they attached four rows of gemstones onto the front. The first row had a red ruby, a yellow topaz, and a red garnet. 11 The second row had a green emerald, a blue sapphire, and a diamond. 12 The third row had a red jacinth, a white agate, and a purple amethyst. 13 The fourth row had a yellow beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All the stones were mounted in decorative gold settings. 14 The gemstones were engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Yisra’el similar to how a signet ring is engraved, and they represented the twelve tribes. 15 They attached two twisted chains of pure gold crafted like a cord onto the pouch, 16 and made two decorative gold settings and two gold rings, and attached them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch. 17 They attached one end of each gold chain to one of the rings on the top corner of the pouch, 18 and they attached the other end of each chain to the two decorative settings that enclose the stones. Then they put those on the front side of the shoulder straps of the sacred apron. 19 Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch on the inside edges next to the sacred apron. 20 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps near where the shoulder straps join with the sacred apron just above the waistband. 21 They tied the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord, so that the sacred pouch was above the waistband and would not come loose from the apron. They did these things exactly as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh to do.

22 Bezalel had a weaver make the robe that would be worn under the sacred apron entirely from blue material. 23 It opened down the middle like other clothes and had a border around this opening so that it wouldn’t tear, 24 and the bottom hem had decorative pomegranates on it that were made from blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. 25 They also made small bells from pure gold and attached them between the pomegranates around the bottom of the robe, 26 so it alternated between a bell and a pomegranate going around the hem, just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh.

27 A weaver made tunics for Aaron and his sons from fine linen, 28 along with the turban and caps from fine linen, the underwear made from twisted finely-spun linen, 29 and the waistband from fine linen with blue, purple, and scarlet embroidery, just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh.

30 They made a decorative plate (to represent a holy crown) from pure gold and they engraved ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’ on it (like you’d do for a signet ring). 31 They put a blue cord on it to attach it to the front of the turban, just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh.

32 And so all the components of the residence, the tent for meeting God, were finished—the Israelis had done just what Yahweh had instructed Mosheh. 33 The craftsmen brought the disassembled residence to Mosheh—the tent and all its equipment, the clips, the frames with their bars, and the pillars with their bases, 34 the reddened rams hide tarpaulin and the top sea-cow hide tarpaulin, the curtain for covering the most sacred place, 35 the box for the transcript slabs and its poles, the atonement platform, 36 the table with all its utensils and the sacred bread to present to God, 37 the pure lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils and the lamp oil, 38 the gold incense altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the tent entrance, 39 the large bronze altar with its grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the washbasin with its base, 40 the courtyard curtains with their pillars and bases, the courtyard gate curtain, all the ropes and tent pegs and all the items to service the residence as the tent of meeting, 41 and the finely-woven clothes for serving in the holy place, the sacred clothes for Aharon the priest, and the clothes for his sons to serve as priests.

42 The Israelis had done all the work just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh. 43 Mosheh inspected all the work, and wow, they had done it just as Yahweh had instructed them, and Mosheh blessed them.