祭司圣衣的规定

28 “你要从以色列百姓当中把你的哥哥亚伦和他四个儿子——拿答、亚比户、以利亚撒和以他玛带到你身边,立他们为祭司事奉我。 你要为你哥哥亚伦做一件圣衣,显出他职位的荣耀和尊贵。 你要吩咐所有我赋予智慧的巧手裁缝师为亚伦缝制衣服,使他分别出来,做圣洁的祭司事奉我。 他们要做的圣衣包括胸牌、以弗得、外袍、杂色的内袍、礼冠和腰带。要为你哥哥亚伦及其众子做这样的圣衣,好让他们做祭司事奉我。 要用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线制作圣衣。

以弗得

“以弗得要用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线精工制作。 要在以弗得两边用两条肩带缝合起来。 用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线精工制作一条带子,缝在以弗得上,连成一整件。

“你要找两块红玛瑙,刻上以色列十二个儿子的名字, 10 按他们的长幼次序,每一块宝石刻上六个名字。 11 要用工匠雕刻图章的方法将他们的名字刻在两块宝石上,把宝石镶在两个金框里面。 12 然后将镶着金框的宝石缝在以弗得的两条肩带上,作以色列人的纪念石。亚伦要把他们的名字放在肩上,在耶和华面前作纪念。 13 要做两个金框, 14 并像搓绳子一样用纯金搓成两条金链,把链子连接在镶宝石的金框上。

胸牌

15 “要精心制作一个用来明白上帝旨意的胸牌,制作的方法和造以弗得一样,用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线制作。 16 胸牌是方形的,长宽各二十二厘米,分成上下两层。 17 上面要镶上四行宝石:第一行是红宝石、黄玉和翠玉; 18 第二行是绿宝石、蓝宝石和金刚石; 19 第三行是紫玛瑙、白玛瑙和紫晶; 20 第四行是水苍玉、红玛瑙和碧玉。这些宝石都要用金框围着,镶在胸牌上。 21 要用刻图章的方法在每一颗宝石上刻一个以色列儿子的名字,十二颗宝石代表十二支派。

22 “要用纯金拧成两条像绳子一样的链子,连在胸牌上, 23 造两个金环安在胸牌两端, 24 把链子穿在金环上, 25 再把金链的另一端接在以弗得肩带的两个金框上。 26 造两个金环,安在胸牌下端靠近以弗得内侧的两边。 27 再造两个金环安在以弗得前面两条肩带的下端,靠近接缝处,在精致的以弗得腰带上方。 28 再用一条蓝色的绳子系住以弗得和胸牌上面的金环,使胸牌贴在精工织成的以弗得腰带上,不会从以弗得上松脱。 29 亚伦进圣所时,要佩戴这块刻着以色列众子名字的胸牌,在耶和华面前常作纪念。 30 又要把乌陵和土明放在胸牌里面,亚伦到耶和华面前的时候,要佩带这胸牌,以便明白上帝的旨意,为以色列人做决定。

外袍

31 “也要缝制一件蓝色的以弗得的外袍, 32 袍上要留领口,还要在领口周围织领边,好像铠甲上的领口,免得领口破裂。 33 外袍的底边要另外用蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线做成石榴状的饰物,石榴中间要挂金铃铛。 34 一个石榴一个金铃铛,相间排列,围在外袍的底边。 35 亚伦事奉的时候,要穿上这外袍,以便他进圣所到耶和华面前和出圣所的时候,铃铛会发出响声,他就不至于死。

36 “你也要用纯金造一块牌子,以刻印章的方法刻上‘奉献给耶和华’的字样, 37 再拿一条蓝色带子,把它系在礼冠前面。 38 亚伦要把这金牌戴在额上,表示他承担以色列人献圣物时的过犯,这圣物是以色列百姓特别献上的礼物。这金牌要常常留在亚伦的额上,好使百姓蒙耶和华悦纳。

39 “要用杂色的细麻线织成祭司的内袍,用细麻布做礼冠,腰带上要有刺绣, 40 也要为亚伦的儿子们缝制内袍、腰带、帽子,显出他们职位的荣耀和尊贵。 41 你哥哥亚伦及其众子穿上这些衣服后,你要用油膏立他们,使他们分别出来,做圣洁的祭司事奉我。

裤子

42 “要用细麻布为他们做裤子,以遮盖下体,裤子要从腰部到大腿。 43 亚伦父子们进出会幕或到圣所的祭坛事奉的时候,都要穿上裤子,免得因为触犯圣礼而死亡。这是亚伦及其子孙永远当遵守的条例。

Garments for the Priesthood(A)

28 “Now take (B)Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as (C)priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: (D)Nadab, Abihu, (E)Eleazar, and Ithamar. And (F)you shall make [a]holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. So (G)you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, (H)whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. And these are the garments which they shall make: (I)a breastplate, (J)an [b]ephod, (K)a robe, (L)a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and (M)a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

“They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, (N)and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked. It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together. And the [c]intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

“Then you shall take two onyx (O)stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: 10 six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their (P)birth. 11 With the work of an (Q)engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So (R)Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders (S)as a memorial. 13 You shall also make settings of gold, 14 and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

The Breastplate(T)

15 (U)“You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. 16 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. 17 (V)And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a [d]sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; 18 the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 the third row, a [e]jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row, a [f]beryl, an [g]onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings. 21 And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

22 “You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold. 23 And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate; 25 and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

26 “You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod. 27 And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the [h]intricately woven band of the ephod. 28 They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.

29 “So Aaron shall (W)bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 And (X)you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the [i]Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.

Other Priestly Garments(Y)

31 (Z)“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear. 33 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord and when he comes out, that he may not die.

36 (AA)“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

37 And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. 38 So it shall be on Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may (AB)bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their [j]holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be (AC)accepted before the Lord.

39 “You shall (AD)skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.

40 (AE)“For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make [k]hats for them, for glory and (AF)beauty. 41 So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall (AG)anoint them, (AH)consecrate them, and [l]sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests. 42 And you shall make (AI)for them linen trousers to cover their [m]nakedness; they shall [n]reach from the waist to the thighs. 43 They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near (AJ)the altar to minister in the holy place, that they (AK)do not incur [o]iniquity and die. (AL)It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 28:2 sacred
  2. Exodus 28:4 Ornamented vest
  3. Exodus 28:8 ingenious work of
  4. Exodus 28:17 Or ruby
  5. Exodus 28:19 Or amber
  6. Exodus 28:20 Or yellow jasper
  7. Exodus 28:20 Or carnelian
  8. Exodus 28:27 ingenious work of
  9. Exodus 28:30 Lit. Lights and the Perfections
  10. Exodus 28:38 sacred
  11. Exodus 28:40 headpieces or turbans
  12. Exodus 28:41 set them apart
  13. Exodus 28:42 bare flesh
  14. Exodus 28:42 Lit. be
  15. Exodus 28:43 guilt

祭司圣衣的规定

28 “你要从以色列百姓当中把你的哥哥亚伦和他四个儿子——拿答、亚比户、以利亚撒和以他玛带到你身边,立他们为祭司事奉我。 你要为你哥哥亚伦做一件圣衣,显出他职位的荣耀和尊贵。 你要吩咐所有我赋予智慧的巧手裁缝师为亚伦缝制衣服,使他分别出来,做圣洁的祭司事奉我。 他们要做的圣衣包括胸牌、以弗得、外袍、杂色的内袍、礼冠和腰带。要为你哥哥亚伦及其众子做这样的圣衣,好让他们做祭司事奉我。 要用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线制作圣衣。

以弗得

“以弗得要用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线精工制作。 要在以弗得两边用两条肩带缝合起来。 用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线精工制作一条带子,缝在以弗得上,连成一整件。

“你要找两块红玛瑙,刻上以色列十二个儿子的名字, 10 按他们的长幼次序,每一块宝石刻上六个名字。 11 要用工匠雕刻图章的方法将他们的名字刻在两块宝石上,把宝石镶在两个金框里面。 12 然后将镶着金框的宝石缝在以弗得的两条肩带上,作以色列人的纪念石。亚伦要把他们的名字放在肩上,在耶和华面前作纪念。 13 要做两个金框, 14 并像搓绳子一样用纯金搓成两条金链,把链子连接在镶宝石的金框上。

胸牌

15 “要精心制作一个用来明白上帝旨意的胸牌,制作的方法和造以弗得一样,用金线和细麻线及蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线制作。 16 胸牌是方形的,长宽各二十二厘米,分成上下两层。 17 上面要镶上四行宝石:第一行是红宝石、黄玉和翠玉; 18 第二行是绿宝石、蓝宝石和金刚石; 19 第三行是紫玛瑙、白玛瑙和紫晶; 20 第四行是水苍玉、红玛瑙和碧玉。这些宝石都要用金框围着,镶在胸牌上。 21 要用刻图章的方法在每一颗宝石上刻一个以色列儿子的名字,十二颗宝石代表十二支派。

22 “要用纯金拧成两条像绳子一样的链子,连在胸牌上, 23 造两个金环安在胸牌两端, 24 把链子穿在金环上, 25 再把金链的另一端接在以弗得肩带的两个金框上。 26 造两个金环,安在胸牌下端靠近以弗得内侧的两边。 27 再造两个金环安在以弗得前面两条肩带的下端,靠近接缝处,在精致的以弗得腰带上方。 28 再用一条蓝色的绳子系住以弗得和胸牌上面的金环,使胸牌贴在精工织成的以弗得腰带上,不会从以弗得上松脱。 29 亚伦进圣所时,要佩戴这块刻着以色列众子名字的胸牌,在耶和华面前常作纪念。 30 又要把乌陵和土明放在胸牌里面,亚伦到耶和华面前的时候,要佩带这胸牌,以便明白上帝的旨意,为以色列人做决定。

外袍

31 “也要缝制一件蓝色的以弗得的外袍, 32 袍上要留领口,还要在领口周围织领边,好像铠甲上的领口,免得领口破裂。 33 外袍的底边要另外用蓝色、紫色、朱红色的线做成石榴状的饰物,石榴中间要挂金铃铛。 34 一个石榴一个金铃铛,相间排列,围在外袍的底边。 35 亚伦事奉的时候,要穿上这外袍,以便他进圣所到耶和华面前和出圣所的时候,铃铛会发出响声,他就不至于死。

36 “你也要用纯金造一块牌子,以刻印章的方法刻上‘奉献给耶和华’的字样, 37 再拿一条蓝色带子,把它系在礼冠前面。 38 亚伦要把这金牌戴在额上,表示他承担以色列人献圣物时的过犯,这圣物是以色列百姓特别献上的礼物。这金牌要常常留在亚伦的额上,好使百姓蒙耶和华悦纳。

39 “要用杂色的细麻线织成祭司的内袍,用细麻布做礼冠,腰带上要有刺绣, 40 也要为亚伦的儿子们缝制内袍、腰带、帽子,显出他们职位的荣耀和尊贵。 41 你哥哥亚伦及其众子穿上这些衣服后,你要用油膏立他们,使他们分别出来,做圣洁的祭司事奉我。

裤子

42 “要用细麻布为他们做裤子,以遮盖下体,裤子要从腰部到大腿。 43 亚伦父子们进出会幕或到圣所的祭坛事奉的时候,都要穿上裤子,免得因为触犯圣礼而死亡。这是亚伦及其子孙永远当遵守的条例。

Garments for the Priesthood(A)

28 “Now take (B)Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as (C)priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: (D)Nadab, Abihu, (E)Eleazar, and Ithamar. And (F)you shall make [a]holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. So (G)you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, (H)whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. And these are the garments which they shall make: (I)a breastplate, (J)an [b]ephod, (K)a robe, (L)a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and (M)a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

“They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen, (N)and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, artistically worked. It shall have two shoulder straps joined at its two edges, and so it shall be joined together. And the [c]intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.

“Then you shall take two onyx (O)stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: 10 six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their (P)birth. 11 With the work of an (Q)engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. So (R)Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders (S)as a memorial. 13 You shall also make settings of gold, 14 and you shall make two chains of pure gold like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings.

The Breastplate(T)

15 (U)“You shall make the breastplate of judgment. Artistically woven according to the workmanship of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. 16 It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. 17 (V)And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: The first row shall be a [d]sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row; 18 the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 the third row, a [e]jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row, a [f]beryl, an [g]onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings. 21 And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

22 “You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold. 23 And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate; 25 and the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in the front.

26 “You shall make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod. 27 And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the [h]intricately woven band of the ephod. 28 They shall bind the breastplate by means of its rings to the rings of the ephod, using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod.

29 “So Aaron shall (W)bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 And (X)you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the [i]Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the Lord. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the Lord continually.

Other Priestly Garments(Y)

31 (Z)“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening in a coat of mail, so that it does not tear. 33 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he goes into the holy place before the Lord and when he comes out, that he may not die.

36 (AA)“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

37 And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban. 38 So it shall be on Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may (AB)bear the iniquity of the holy things which the children of Israel hallow in all their [j]holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be (AC)accepted before the Lord.

39 “You shall (AD)skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.

40 (AE)“For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make [k]hats for them, for glory and (AF)beauty. 41 So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall (AG)anoint them, (AH)consecrate them, and [l]sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests. 42 And you shall make (AI)for them linen trousers to cover their [m]nakedness; they shall [n]reach from the waist to the thighs. 43 They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near (AJ)the altar to minister in the holy place, that they (AK)do not incur [o]iniquity and die. (AL)It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 28:2 sacred
  2. Exodus 28:4 Ornamented vest
  3. Exodus 28:8 ingenious work of
  4. Exodus 28:17 Or ruby
  5. Exodus 28:19 Or amber
  6. Exodus 28:20 Or yellow jasper
  7. Exodus 28:20 Or carnelian
  8. Exodus 28:27 ingenious work of
  9. Exodus 28:30 Lit. Lights and the Perfections
  10. Exodus 28:38 sacred
  11. Exodus 28:40 headpieces or turbans
  12. Exodus 28:41 set them apart
  13. Exodus 28:42 bare flesh
  14. Exodus 28:42 Lit. be
  15. Exodus 28:43 guilt