Exodus 39

₁Bezalel and the people who helped him, made the holy clothes for Aaron as the Lord had told Moses. They made the clothes from blue, purple and red wool material. Aaron put them on when he worked in the temple.

₂They made the shoulder-cloth from gold, from blue, purple and red wool material and good linen. ₃They took gold and beat it with a hammer until it was flat and then cut it into thin pieces of golden threads. They took these golden threads and sewed them onto the blue, purple and red wool material and linen. ₄They fastened the front and back parts of the shoulder-cloth on the corners. ₅They made a belt to go with the shoulder-cloth and made it from the same material. They made it from gold, from blue, purple and red wool material and good linen, as the Lord had told them. ₆They took onyx and they set the gemstones in gold. They wrote the names of Jacob's 12 sons on the gemstones. They wrote the names like an artisan writes on a ring. ₇They fastened the onyx onto the shoulder straps of the shoulder-cloth. The gemstones showed that the Lord was always thinking of the 12 tribes_of_Israel. Bezalel and the people did everything as the Lord had told Moses.

₈They made a breast-piece in the same way as they made the shoulder-cloth. They used gold and blue, purple and red wool material and good linen. ₉The breast-piece was square and folded over so that it was double. It was one span long and one span wide. ₁₀They put 4 rows of gemstones onto the breast-piece. In the first row was a carnelian, a chrysolite and a beryl. ₁₁In the 2nd row was a turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald. ₁₂In the 3rd row was a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst. ₁₃In the 4th row was a chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper. They set the gemstones in gold. ₁₄There were 12 stones, one stone for each son of Jacob. They were also for the names of the 12 tribes_of_Israel. They wrote a name on each gemstone as an artisan writes a name on a ring.

₁₅They made small chains from pure gold for the breast-piece ₁₆and they made 2 pieces of gold with pictures on them, and 2 golden rings. They put the rings on the 2 upper corners of the breast-piece. ₁₇They fastened the 2 golden chains to these 2 rings. ₁₈They fastened the other 2 ends of the chains to the 2 pieces of gold with the pictures on them and sewed them onto the straps on the front of the shoulder-cloth. ₁₉They also made 2 golden rings and they sewed them onto the bottom 2 corners of the breast-piece, on the inside of the shoulder-cloth. ₂₀They also made 2 other golden rings and they fastened them to the 2 shoulder straps of the shoulder-cloth, above the belt. ₂₁Then they took a blue cord and tied the rings of the breast-piece to the rings of the shoulder-cloth. It was above the belt of the shoulder-cloth so that the breast-piece was fastened to the shoulder-cloth. They did everything as the Lord had told Moses.

₂₂They made the robe for the shoulder-cloth from one piece of blue wool material. ₂₃In the middle was an opening and there was a strong hem around the opening so that it would not tear. ₂₄They made pictures of pomegranates from blue, purple and red wool material and good linen. They sewed the pomegranates onto the hem of the robe. ₂₅They made bells from pure gold and they sewed the bells between the pomegranates. ₂₆There was a bell next to each pomegranate on the hem of the robe. The priest had to put on these clothes when he went to work in the temple. They did it as the Lord had told Moses.

₂₇They made coats for Aaron and his sons from linen. ₂₈They made a turban and headbands from linen and trousers from good linen. ₂₉They made the belt from good linen and from blue, purple and red wool material, as the Lord had said. ₃₀They made a flower from pure gold for the turban and they wrote on it like an artisan writes on a ring. They wrote: ‘Consecrated to God.’

₃₁They fastened the flower with a blue cord of wool and they did everything as the Lord had said.

₃₂They finished all the work at the tent of the Lord, the tent where the Lord appeared to the Israelites. They made everything exactly as the Lord had told Moses. ₃₃They brought the tent of the Lord and everything with it to Moses.

There were hooks, frames, crossbars, poles and stands, ₃₄the coverings of sheepskin that they had coloured red, the soft leather, the curtains, ₃₅the covenant box where the 10 commandments had to be kept, the carrying poles and the lid, ₃₆the table and everything with it, the sacrificial bread, ₃₇the lamp-stand from pure gold and the lamps and everything with it, the olive oil for the lamps, ₃₈the golden incense-altar, the anointing-oil, the incense, the curtain for the door of the tent, ₃₉the bronze burnt-offering altar and the bronze nets and carrying poles and everything with it, the wash basin and the stand, ₄₀the curtains for the courtyard, the poles and the stands, the curtain for the door, the ropes, pegs and everything they needed when they worked at the tent of the Lord, where the Lord appeared to the people of Israel, ₄₁the clothes they had to put on when they worked in the temple, the holy clothes for Aaron, the priest, and the clothes for his sons when they worked as priests.

₄₂The Israelites made everything as the Lord had told them. ₄₃Moses looked at everything they had made and he saw that they had made it well, exactly as the Lord had told them. Then Moses blessed them.