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Se hace la ropa de los sacerdotes(A)

39 La ropa tejida para el servicio en el santuario se hizo de tela morada, tela de púrpura y tela roja. También se hizo así la ropa especial para Aarón, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

Para hacer el efod se usó oro, tela morada, tela de púrpura, tela roja y lino torcido. Se forjaron a martillo unas placas de oro, las cuales se cortaron en hilos para entretejerlos, a manera de bordado, en la tela morada, en la tela de púrpura, en la tela roja y en el lino. Se le pusieron al efod dos tirantes unidos a sus dos extremos. El cinturón que iba sobre el efod para sujetarlo, estaba hecho de la misma manera: de oro, tela morada, tela de púrpura, tela roja y lino torcido, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

Las piedras de cornalina se colocaron sobre monturas de oro, con los nombres de los hijos de Israel grabados en ellas como un sello. Luego Besalel las puso sobre los tirantes del efod, para recordar a los hijos de Israel, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

El pectoral estaba hecho también con un fino bordado como el del efod: de oro, tela morada, tela de púrpura, tela roja y lino torcido. Era doble y cuadrado, y de veintidós centímetros por cada lado. 10 Estaba cubierto con cuatro hileras de piedras preciosas: la primera hilera tenía un rubí, un crisólito y una esmeralda; 11 la segunda, un granate, un zafiro y un jade; 12 la tercera, un jacinto, una ágata y una amatista; 13 y la cuarta, un topacio, una cornalina y un jaspe. Las piedras estaban montadas en monturas de oro, y 14 eran doce, por los doce nombres de los hijos de Israel; cada una de ellas tenía grabado en forma de sello el nombre de una de las doce tribus.

15 Sobre el pectoral hicieron unas cadenas de oro puro, torcidas como cordones. 16 También hicieron dos monturas de oro y dos argollas de oro; pusieron las argollas de oro en los dos extremos superiores del pectoral, 17 y las cadenas de oro sobre las dos argollas. 18 Las puntas de las dos cadenas las pusieron sobre las dos monturas y las aseguraron sobre los tirantes del efod por su parte delantera. 19 Hicieron también otras dos argollas de oro y las pusieron en los dos extremos inferiores del pectoral, sobre la orilla interior que quedaba junto al efod. 20 Hicieron dos argollas más de oro y las pusieron en la parte delantera de los tirantes del efod, pero por debajo, junto a las costuras y un poco arriba del cinturón del efod. 21 Luego unieron las argollas del pectoral a las argollas del efod con un cordón morado, para que el pectoral quedara arriba del cinturón del efod y no se separara del mismo, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

22 Toda la capa del efod se hizo de un tejido de tela morada. 23 La orilla de la abertura del centro tenía un dobladillo como el de los chalecos de cuero, para que no se rompiera. 24 Adornaron el borde de la capa con granadas de tela morada, tela de púrpura, tela roja y lino torcido. 25 Hicieron también campanitas de oro puro y las combinaron con las granadas, poniéndolas entre ellas alrededor de todo el borde 26 de la capa para oficiar: una campanita y una granada, otra campanita y otra granada, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

27 Las túnicas de lino para Aarón y sus hijos fueron hechas por un tejedor, 28 lo mismo que el turbante, los tocados y los calzoncillos de lino torcido; 29 el cinturón de lino torcido, tela morada, tela de púrpura y tela roja, fue bordado artísticamente, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

30 También hicieron la placa de oro puro que lo consagraba como sacerdote, y en ella grabaron, a manera de sello, «Consagrado al Señor». 31 Luego le pusieron un cordón morado para colocar la placa sobre el turbante por la parte superior, tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

Termina la construcción del santuario(B)

32 La construcción del santuario, la tienda del encuentro con Dios, llegó a su fin. Los israelitas hicieron todo exactamente como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés, 33 y le hicieron entrega a Moisés del santuario, la tienda del encuentro, y de todos sus utensilios: sus ganchos, tablas, travesaños, postes y bases, 34 la cubierta de pieles de carnero teñidas de rojo, la cubierta de pieles finas, el velo para cubrir el arca, 35 el arca de la alianza y sus travesaños, la tapa, 36 la mesa y todos sus utensilios, el pan que se consagra al Señor, 37 el candelabro de oro puro y sus lámparas —o sea las lámparas que debían tenerse ordenadas—, y todos sus utensilios; el aceite para el alumbrado, 38 el altar de oro, el aceite de consagrar, el incienso aromático, la cortina para la entrada de la tienda del encuentro, 39 el altar de bronce con su rejilla de bronce, sus travesaños y todos sus utensilios, la palangana y su base, 40 las cortinas del patio, sus postes y sus bases, la cortina para la entrada del patio, las cuerdas y estacas del patio, todos los utensilios para el servicio del santuario, la tienda del encuentro, 41 la ropa tejida para oficiar en el santuario, la ropa especial del sacerdote Aarón y la ropa sacerdotal de sus hijos.

42 Los israelitas hicieron todo tal y como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés, 43 y cuando Moisés vio que ellos lo habían hecho así, les dio su bendición.

Confección de los trajes sacerdotales

39 1-7 Los trajes para los sacerdotes se hicieron con tela morada, tela azul y tela roja. También se tejió la túnica especial para Aarón, con las dos piedras de ónice multicolor en las que estaban los nombres de las doce tribus de Israel. Con un martillo se hicieron dos láminas de oro, que luego fueron cortadas para hacer hilos de oro. Con esos hilos se hicieron los bordados en la túnica y en el cinturón. Todo esto se hizo tal como Dios se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

8-26 El chaleco se hizo con la misma clase de telas de la túnica, y la capa de la túnica con tela morada. Todo se hizo siguiendo las instrucciones de Dios.

27-29 A los mantos de lino para Aarón y sus hijos se les hicieron finos bordados, 30-31 lo mismo que al gorro y la ropa interior. Los calzoncillos eran de lino fino, y el cinturón se confeccionó con las mejores telas. Un artista le hizo finos bordados al cinturón.

Se hizo también la placa de oro puro que decía que Aarón era un sacerdote dedicado al servicio exclusivo de Dios. Esa placa se colgó en la parte superior del gorro, atada con un cordón morado. Todo esto se hizo tal como Dios se lo había ordenado a Moisés.

Termina la construcción del santuario

32-41 Los israelitas siguieron al pie de la letra las instrucciones que Dios le había dado a Moisés, y terminaron la construcción del santuario. Fueron entonces a ver a Moisés y le hicieron entrega oficial del santuario y de todos sus utensilios, así como del pan dedicado a Dios, el aceite de consagrar,[a] el incienso perfumado, los trajes para el servicio en el santuario, y los trajes sacerdotales de Aarón y de sus hijos.

42 Todo esto lo hicieron los israelitas siguiendo las instrucciones que Dios le había dado a Moisés. 43 Cuando Moisés vio que así lo habían hecho, les dio su bendición.

Footnotes

  1. Éxodo 39:32 Aceite de consagrar. Véase nota en 25.6.

Making the Priestly Garments

39 They made specially woven[a] garments for ministry in the sanctuary, and the holy garments for Aaron from the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(A)

Making the Ephod

Bezalel(B) made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he[b] cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen in a skillful design. They made shoulder pieces for attaching it; it was joined together at its two edges. The artistically woven waistband that was on the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then they mounted the onyx stones surrounded with gold filigree settings, engraved with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal. He fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Breastpiece

He(C) also made the embroidered breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.[c] 10 They mounted four rows of gemstones[d] on it. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[e] 11 the second row, a turquoise,[f] a sapphire,[g] and a diamond;[h] 12 the third row, a jacinth,[i] an agate, and an amethyst; 13 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.

14 The 12 stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the 12 tribes.

15 They made braided chains of pure gold cord for the breastpiece. 16 They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners. 17 Then they attached the two gold cords to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece. 18 They attached the other ends of the two cords to the two filigree settings and, in this way, attached them to the ephod’s shoulder pieces in front. 19 They made two other gold rings and put them at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod. 20 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the ephod’s two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam,[j] above the ephod’s woven waistband. 21 Then they tied the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the ephod’s waistband and did not come loose from the ephod. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Robe

22 They(D) made the woven robe of the ephod entirely of blue yarn. 23 There was an opening in the center of the robe like that of body armor[k] with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear. 24 They made pomegranates of finely spun blue, purple, and scarlet yarn[l] on the lower hem of the robe. 25 They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates, all around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates, 26 a bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe[m] to be worn for ministry. They made it just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Other Priestly Garments

27 They made the tunics of fine woven linen for Aaron and his sons. 28 They also made the turban and the ornate headbands[n] of fine linen, the undergarments,(E) 29 and the sash of finely spun linen of embroidered blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Holy Diadem

30 They also made a medallion, the holy diadem, out of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving on a seal:(F)

HOLY TO THE LORD.

31 Then they attached a cord of blue yarn to it in order to mount it on the turban, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Moses’ Inspection of the Tabernacle

32 So all the work for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(G) 33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its planks, its crossbars, and its posts and bases; 34 the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of manatee skins;[o] the veil for the screen; 35 the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; 36 the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 37 the pure gold lampstand, with its lamps arranged and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light; 38 the gold altar; the anointing oil; the fragrant incense; the screen for the entrance to the tent; 39 the bronze altar with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand; 40 the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and bases, the screen for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; 41 and the specially woven[p] garments for ministering in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests. 42 The Israelites had done all the work according to everything the Lord had commanded Moses.(H) 43 Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord commanded. Then Moses blessed them.(I)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 39:1 Hb obscure
  2. Exodus 39:3 Sam, Syr, Tg read they
  3. Exodus 39:9 Lit a span its length and a span its width
  4. Exodus 39:10 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
  5. Exodus 39:10 Or beryl
  6. Exodus 39:11 Or malachite, or garnet
  7. Exodus 39:11 Or lapis lazuli
  8. Exodus 39:11 Hb uncertain; LXX, Vg read jasper
  9. Exodus 39:12 Hb obscure
  10. Exodus 39:20 The place where the shoulder pieces join the front of the ephod
  11. Exodus 39:23 Hb obscure
  12. Exodus 39:24 Sam, LXX, Vg add and linen
  13. Exodus 39:26 Lit bell and pomegranate, bell and pomegranate, on the hem of the robe around
  14. Exodus 39:28 Lit and the headdresses of headbands
  15. Exodus 39:34 Or of dolphin skins, or of fine leather; Hb obscure
  16. Exodus 39:41 Hb obscure

The Priestly Garments

39 From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn(A) they made woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary.(B) They also made sacred garments(C) for Aaron, as the Lord commanded Moses.

The Ephod(D)

They[a] made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen—the work of skilled hands. They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened. Its skillfully woven waistband was like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen, as the Lord commanded Moses.

They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings and engraved them like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial(E) stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

The Breastpiece(F)

They fashioned the breastpiece(G)—the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. It was square—a span[b] long and a span wide—and folded double. 10 Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; 11 the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 12 the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; 13 the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.[c] They were mounted in gold filigree settings. 14 There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.(H)

15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. 16 They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. 17 They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, 18 and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. 19 They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. 20 Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. 21 They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod—as the Lord commanded Moses.

Other Priestly Garments(I)

22 They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth—the work of a weaver— 23 with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar,[d] and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear. 24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe. 25 And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates. 26 The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the Lord commanded Moses.

27 For Aaron and his sons, they made tunics of fine linen(J)—the work of a weaver— 28 and the turban(K) of fine linen, the linen caps and the undergarments of finely twisted linen. 29 The sash was made of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn—the work of an embroiderer—as the Lord commanded Moses.

30 They made the plate, the sacred emblem, out of pure gold and engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: holy to the Lord.(L) 31 Then they fastened a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban,(M) as the Lord commanded Moses.

Moses Inspects the Tabernacle(N)

32 So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.(O) 33 Then they brought the tabernacle(P) to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 34 the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather[e] and the shielding curtain; 35 the ark of the covenant law(Q) with its poles and the atonement cover; 36 the table(R) with all its articles and the bread of the Presence;(S) 37 the pure gold lampstand(T) with its row of lamps and all its accessories,(U) and the olive oil(V) for the light; 38 the gold altar,(W) the anointing oil,(X) the fragrant incense,(Y) and the curtain(Z) for the entrance to the tent; 39 the bronze altar(AA) with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin(AB) with its stand; 40 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;(AC) the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; 41 and the woven garments(AD) worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.

42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(AE) 43 Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded.(AF) So Moses blessed(AG) them.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 39:2 Or He; also in verses 7, 8 and 22
  2. Exodus 39:9 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters
  3. Exodus 39:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
  4. Exodus 39:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  5. Exodus 39:34 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals