^{2 Ref} The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

^{3 Ref} Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

⁴ And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.

^{5 Ref} And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

^{6 Ref} Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

^{7 Ref} These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.