^{8 Ref} He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.

⁹ It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.

^{10 Ref} They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

^{11 Ref} and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}, and an emerald;

¹² and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

¹³ and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.

^{14 Ref} The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

^{15 Ref} They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

^{16 Ref} They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

¹⁷ They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

^{18 Ref} The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the front of it.

¹⁹ They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.

^{20 Ref} They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

^{21 Ref} They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.