Clothes for the Priests

28 “·Tell your brother Aaron to come [^LBring near your brother Aaron] to you, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ·Separate them from the other Israelites to [^L…to] serve me as priests. ² Make holy ·clothes [garments; vestments] for your brother Aaron to give him ·honor [glory] and ·beauty [splendor]. ³ Tell all the ·skilled craftsmen to whom I have given wisdom [^Lthe wise of heart whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom; ^Cwisdom here is a practical knowledge, a skill] to make ·special clothes [garments; vestments] for Aaron—clothes to show that he ·belongs to me [is consecrated/set apart/ holy] so that he may serve me as a priest. ⁴ These are the clothes they must make: a ·chest covering [breastpiece], a ·holy vest [ephod], an outer robe, a ·woven inner [or checkered] robe, a turban, and a ·cloth belt [sash]. They must make these ·holy [sacred] clothes for your brother Aaron and his sons. Then they may serve me as priests. ⁵ They must use gold and blue, purple and ·red [scarlet] thread, and fine linen.