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[c] 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.[d] 10 They mounted four rows of gemstones[e] on it.

The first row was

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[f]

11 the second row,

a turquoise,[g] a lapis lazuli, 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 twelve stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the twelve 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 they 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 made the turban and the ornate headbands[n] of fine linen, the linen undergarments of finely spun linen,(E) 29 and the sash of finely spun linen expertly embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Holy Diadem

30 They 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 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’s 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 They brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its supports, its crossbars, and its pillars and bases; 34 the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of fine leather;[o] the curtain 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 furnishings 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 the priest Aaron 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. 39:1 Hb obscure
  2. 39:3 Sam, Syr, Tg read they
  3. 39:8 Or woven
  4. 39:9 Lit a span its length and a span its width
  5. 39:10 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
  6. 39:10 Or beryl
  7. 39:11 Or malachite, or garnet
  8. 39:11 Hb uncertain; LXX, Vg read jasper
  9. 39:12 Hb obscure
  10. 39:20 The place where the shoulder pieces join the front of the ephod
  11. 39:23 Hb obscure
  12. 39:24 Sam, LXX, Vg add and linen
  13. 39:26 Lit bell and pomegranate, bell and pomegranate, on the hem of the robe around
  14. 39:28 Lit and the headdresses of headbands
  15. 39:34 Hb obscure
  16. 39:41 Hb obscure

El efod

39 Hicieron las vestiduras tejidas de material azul, de púrpura y de carmesí, para servir en el santuario. Hicieron las vestiduras sagradas para Aarón, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

Hicieron[a] el efod de oro, de material azul, de púrpura, de carmesí y de lino torcido. Extendieron láminas de oro e hicieron[b] hilos para tejerlos junto con el material azul, la púrpura, el carmesí y el lino, obra de fina artesanía. Le hicieron hombreras que se juntaban sobre él en sus dos extremos, para poderse unir. Su ceñidor para ajustar el efod, el cual está sobre este, era de la misma hechura y de los mismos materiales: oro, azul, púrpura, carmesí y lino torcido, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés. Labraron las piedras de ónice con engastes de oro alrededor. Fueron grabadas con grabadura de sello, con los nombres de los hijos de Israel. Y las pusieron[c] sobre las hombreras del efod, como piedras para recordar a los hijos de Israel, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

El pectoral del juicio

Hicieron[d] también el pectoral, obra de fina artesanía como la hechura del efod: de oro, de material azul, de púrpura, de carmesí y de lino torcido. Era cuadrado y plegado; hicieron el pectoral de veintidós centímetros de largo y de veintidós centímetros de ancho, plegado. 10 Engastaron en él cuatro hileras de piedras: La primera hilera tenía un rubí, un topacio y un berilo. 11 La segunda hilera tenía una turquesa, un zafiro y un diamante. 12 La tercera hilera tenía un jacinto, un ágata y una amatista. 13 La cuarta hilera tenía un crisólito, un ónice y un jaspe. Estas piedras estaban montadas en engastes de oro. 14 Estas piedras correspondían a los nombres de los hijos de Israel; eran doce como sus nombres. Correspondían a las doce tribus, como grabaduras de sello, cada una con su nombre.

15 Hicieron también sobre el pectoral las cadenillas trenzadas como cordón, de oro puro. 16 Asimismo, hicieron los dos engastes de oro y los dos anillos de oro, y pusieron los anillos en los dos extremos del pectoral. 17 Metieron los dos cordones de oro en los dos anillos en los extremos del pectoral, 18 y fijaron los dos extremos de los dos cordones en los dos engastes y los fijaron sobre las hombreras del efod, en su parte delantera.

19 Hicieron otros dos anillos de oro que pusieron en los dos extremos del pectoral, en el borde que está al lado interior del efod. 20 Hicieron otros dos anillos de oro y los fijaron en la parte inferior de las dos hombreras del efod, en su parte delantera, frente a su unión sobre el ceñidor del efod. 21 Después ataron el pectoral por sus anillos a los anillos del efod con un cordón azul, para que estuviera sobre el ceñidor del efod y para que el pectoral no se desprendiera del efod, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

La túnica del efod

22 Hizo también la túnica del efod, obra de tejedor, toda de material azul. 23 La túnica tenía una abertura en medio de ella como abertura de coraza de cuero, con un borde alrededor de la abertura, para que no se rompiera. 24 En los bordes inferiores de la túnica hicieron las granadas de material azul, de púrpura, de carmesí y de lino torcido. 25 También hicieron las campanillas de oro puro, y las pusieron entre las granadas alrededor de los bordes de la túnica: 26 campanilla y granada, luego campanilla y granada, alrededor de los bordes de la túnica, para servir, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

Otras vestiduras sacerdotales

27 También hicieron para Aarón y sus hijos el vestido de lino, obra de tejedor. 28 Hicieron de lino el turbante y los adornos de los otros turbantes. Y los pantalones fueron hechos de lino torcido. 29 También el cinturón era de lino torcido, de material azul, de púrpura y de carmesí, obra de bordador, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

30 Asimismo, hicieron de oro puro una lámina en forma de flor para la diadema sagrada, y con grabadura de sello inscribieron en ella: “Consagrado al SEÑOR”. 31 Sobre ella pusieron un cordón azul, para colocarla en alto sobre el turbante, como el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

Los artesanos presentan su labor

32 Así fue acabada toda la obra de la morada, el tabernáculo de reunión. Los hijos de Israel hicieron conforme a todo lo que el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés; así lo hicieron. 33 Llevaron a Moisés el tabernáculo, la tienda y todos sus accesorios: sus ganchos, sus tablones, sus travesaños, sus pilares, sus bases, 34 la cubierta de pieles de carneros teñidas de rojo, la cubierta de pieles finas, el velo de separación; 35 el arca del testimonio, sus varas y el propiciatorio; 36 la mesa con todos sus utensilios y el pan de la Presencia; 37 el candelabro de oro puro, su hilera de lámparas y todos sus utensilios; el aceite para la iluminación; 38 el altar de oro, el aceite de la unción, el incienso aromático, la cortina de la entrada del tabernáculo; 39 el altar de bronce con su rejilla de bronce, sus varas y todos sus utensilios; la fuente y su base, 40 las mamparas del atrio, sus pilares, sus bases, la cortina de la entrada del atrio, sus cuerdas, sus estacas y todos los utensilios para el servicio en la morada, el tabernáculo de reunión; 41 las vestiduras de material tejido, para servir en el santuario, las vestiduras sagradas para el sacerdote Aarón y las vestiduras de sus hijos, para servir como sacerdotes. 42 Los hijos de Israel hicieron todo el trabajo conforme a todo lo que el SEÑOR había mandado a Moisés.

43 Moisés vio toda la obra, y he aquí que la habían hecho como el SEÑOR había mandado; así la habían hecho. Y Moisés los bendijo.

Footnotes

  1. Éxodo 39:2 Cf. vers. antiguas; heb., singular.
  2. Éxodo 39:3 Cf. vers. antiguas; heb., singular.
  3. Éxodo 39:7 Cf. vers. antiguas; heb., singular.
  4. Éxodo 39:8 Cf. vers. antiguas; heb., singular.

Making the Garments for the Priests(A)

39 With the blue, purple, and red wool they made the magnificent garments which the priests were to wear when they served in the Holy Place. They made the priestly garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They made the ephod of fine linen; blue, purple, and red wool; and gold thread. They hammered out sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips to be worked into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red wool. They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened. The finely woven belt, made of the same materials, was attached to the ephod so as to form one piece with it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. They prepared the carnelians and mounted them in gold settings; they were skillfully engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob. They put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Making the Breastpiece(B)

They made the breastpiece of the same materials as the ephod and with similar embroidery. It was square and folded double, 9 inches long and 9 inches wide. 10 They mounted four rows of precious stones on it: in the first row they mounted a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet; 11 in the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12 in the third row, a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst; 13 and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings. 14 Each of the twelve stones had engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, in order to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. 15 For the breastpiece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords. 16 They made two gold settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to the upper corners of the breastpiece. 17 They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings 18 and fastened the other two ends of the cords to the two settings and in this way attached them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod. 19 They made two rings of gold and attached them to the lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod. 20 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the two shoulder straps of the ephod, near the seam and above the finely woven belt. 21 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rested above the belt and did not come loose.

Making the Other Priestly Garments(C)

22 The robe that goes under the ephod was made entirely of blue wool. 23 The hole for the head was reinforced with a woven binding to keep it from tearing. 24-26 All around its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

27 They made the shirts for Aaron and his sons, 28 and the turban, the caps, the linen shorts, 29 and the sash of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, decorated with embroidery, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 30 They made the ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, out of pure gold, and they engraved on it “Dedicated to the Lord.” 31 They tied it to the front of the turban with a blue cord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Completion of the Work(D)

32 All the work on the Tent of the Lord's presence was finally completed. The Israelites made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 33 They brought to Moses the Tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases; 34 the covering of rams' skin dyed red; the covering of fine leather; the curtain; 35 the Covenant Box containing the stone tablets, its poles, and its lid; 36 the table and all its equipment, and the bread offered to God; 37 the lampstand of pure gold, its lamps, all its equipment, and the oil for the lamps; 38 the gold altar; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent; 39 the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base; 40 the curtains for the enclosure and its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure and its ropes; the Tent pegs; all the equipment to be used in the Tent; 41 and the magnificent garments the priests were to wear in the Holy Place—the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons. 42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 43 Moses examined everything and saw that they had made it all just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.