^{1 Ref} And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

^{2 Ref} And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.

^{3 Ref} And thou shalt speak unto all that 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 unto me in the priest's office.

^{4 Ref} And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

^{5 Ref} And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

^{6 Ref} And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman.

^{7 Ref} It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.

^{8 Ref} And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof `and' of the same piece; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

^{9 Ref} And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

^{10 Ref} six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth.

^{11 Ref} With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.

^{12 Ref} And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

¹³ And thou shalt make settings of gold,

^{14 Ref} and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work: and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings.