39 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord commanded Moses.

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.

And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.

22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;

26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the Lord commanded Moses.

27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,

28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,

29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the Lord commanded Moses.

30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, Holiness To The Lord.

31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.

32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,

35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,

37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.

42 According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

Las vestiduras sacerdotales

39 Las vestiduras finamente tejidas para ministrar en el lugar santo se hicieron de tela azul[a], púrpura y escarlata(A), y también se hicieron las vestiduras sagradas para Aarón(B), tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

(C)Bezalel hizo el efod de oro, de tela azul, púrpura y escarlata y de lino fino torcido. Y batieron a martillo láminas de oro, y las cortaron en hilos para entretejerlas[b] con la tela azul, púrpura y escarlata y el lino fino, obra de hábil artífice. Hicieron para el efod[c] hombreras que se fijaban al mismo, y lo fijaron sobre sus dos extremos. El cinto hábilmente tejido que estaba sobre el efod, era del mismo material, de la misma hechura: de oro, de tela azul, púrpura y escarlata y de lino fino torcido, tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

También labraron las piedras de ónice, montadas en engastes de filigrana de oro. Fueron grabadas como las grabaduras de un sello, con[d] los nombres de los hijos de Israel(D). Bezalel las puso sobre las hombreras del efod, como piedras memoriales para los hijos de Israel(E), tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

(F)También hizo el pectoral, obra de hábil artífice como la obra del efod: de oro, de tela azul, púrpura y escarlata, y de lino fino torcido. Era cuadrado y doble. Hicieron el pectoral de un palmo de largo y un palmo de ancho al ser doblado. 10 En él se montaron[e] cuatro hileras de piedras. La primera hilera era una hilera de un rubí, un topacio y una esmeralda; 11 la segunda hilera, una turquesa, un zafiro y un diamante; 12 la tercera hilera, un jacinto, una ágata y una amatista; 13 y la cuarta hilera, un berilo, un ónice y un jaspe. Estaban montadas en engaste de filigrana de oro.

14 Las piedras correspondían a los nombres de los hijos de Israel. Eran doce, conforme a sus nombres, grabadas como las grabaduras de un sello, cada una con su nombre conforme a las doce tribus. 15 Para el pectoral se hicieron cadenillas de oro puro en forma[f] de cordones trenzados.

16 Se hicieron también dos engastes de filigrana de oro y dos anillos de oro, y se pusieron los dos anillos en los dos extremos del pectoral. 17 Los dos cordones de oro se pusieron en los anillos al extremo del pectoral, 18 y se colocaron los otros dos extremos de los dos cordones en los dos engastes de filigrana, y los fijaron en las hombreras del efod en su parte delantera.

19 Hicieron otros dos anillos de oro y los colocaron en los dos extremos del pectoral, en el borde que da al lado interior del efod. 20 También hicieron otros dos anillos de oro, y los pusieron en la parte inferior de las dos hombreras del efod, delante, cerca de su unión, sobre el cinto tejido del efod. 21 Ataron el pectoral por sus anillos a los anillos del efod con un cordón azul, para que estuviera sobre el cinto tejido del efod y para que el pectoral no se desprendiera del efod, tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

22 (G)Entonces Bezalel hizo el manto del efod de obra tejida, todo de tela azul. 23 La abertura del manto estaba en el centro, como la abertura de una cota de malla, con una orla todo alrededor de la abertura para que no se rompiera. 24 En el borde inferior del manto se hicieron granadas de tela azul, púrpura y escarlata y de lino torcido. 25 Hicieron también campanillas de oro puro, y pusieron las campanillas entre las granadas alrededor de todo el borde del manto[g], 26 alternando una campanilla[h] y una granada alrededor de todo el borde del manto para el servicio, tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

27 (H)Para Aarón y sus hijos hicieron las túnicas de lino fino tejido, 28 la tiara de lino fino, los adornos de las mitras de lino fino, los calzoncillos de lino, de lino fino torcido, 29 y el cinturón de lino fino torcido, de azul, púrpura y escarlata, obra de tejedor[i], tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

30 (I)La lámina de la diadema santa la hicieron de oro puro, y grabaron en ella como la grabadura[j] de un sello: Santidad[k] al Señor. 31 Y le pusieron un cordón azul para sujetarla[l] sobre la tiara por arriba, tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés.

32 (J)Así fue acabada toda la obra del tabernáculo[m] de la tienda de reunión. Los israelitas hicieron conforme a todo lo que el Señor había mandado a Moisés. Así lo hicieron.

La obra presentada a Moisés

33 Entonces trajeron el tabernáculo a Moisés, la tienda con todo su mobiliario[n]: sus broches, sus tablas, sus barras, sus columnas y sus basas; 34 la cubierta de pieles de carnero teñidas de[o] rojo, la cubierta de pieles de marsopa y el velo de separación; 35 el arca del testimonio, sus varas y el propiciatorio; 36 la mesa, todos sus utensilios y el pan de la Presencia[p]; 37 el candelabro de oro puro con su conjunto de lámparas[q] y todos sus utensilios, y el aceite para el alumbrado; 38 el altar de oro, el aceite de la unción, el incienso aromático y la cortina para la entrada de la tienda; 39 el altar de bronce[r] con su enrejado de bronce[s], sus varas y todos sus utensilios, la pila y su base; 40 las cortinas del atrio con sus columnas y sus basas, la cortina para la entrada del atrio, sus cuerdas, sus estacas y todos los utensilios del servicio del tabernáculo de la tienda de reunión; 41 las vestiduras tejidas para ministrar en el lugar santo y las vestiduras sagradas para el sacerdote Aarón y las vestiduras de sus hijos para ministrar como sacerdotes.

42 Los israelitas hicieron toda la obra conforme a todo lo que el Señor había ordenado a Moisés. 43 Y Moisés examinó[t] toda la obra, y vio que la habían llevado a cabo. Tal como el Señor había ordenado, así la habían hecho. Y Moisés los bendijo(K).

Footnotes

  1. 39:1 O violeta, y así en el resto del cap.
  2. 39:3 Lit. trabajarlas.
  3. 39:4 Lit. él.
  4. 39:6 Lit. conforme a.
  5. 39:10 Lit. llenaron.
  6. 39:15 Lit. obra.
  7. 39:25 Lit. manto entre las granadas.
  8. 39:26 Lit. una campanilla y una granada, una campanilla.
  9. 39:29 O recamador.
  10. 39:30 Lit. escribieron en ella una escritura.
  11. 39:30 O Consagrado.
  12. 39:31 Lit. ponerla.
  13. 39:32 O de la morada.
  14. 39:33 O todos sus utensilios.
  15. 39:34 O curtidas en.
  16. 39:36 O de la Proposición.
  17. 39:37 Lit. sus lámparas, las lámparas en orden.
  18. 39:39 O cobre.
  19. 39:39 O cobre.
  20. 39:43 Lit. vio.

Making the Priestly Garments

39 From the (A)blue and purple and scarlet yarns they made (B)finely woven garments,[a] for ministering in the Holy Place. They made the holy garments for Aaron, (C)as the Lord had commanded Moses.

(D)He made the ephod of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. And they hammered out gold leaf, and he cut it into threads to work into the blue and purple and the scarlet yarns, and into the fine twined linen, in skilled design. They made for the ephod attaching shoulder pieces, joined to it at its two edges. And the skillfully woven band on it was of one piece with it and made like it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

(E)He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span[b] its length and a span its breadth when doubled. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row; 11 and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; 12 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 13 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree. 14 There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. 15 And they made on the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. 16 And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece. 17 And they put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece. 18 They attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod. 19 Then they made two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod. 20 And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. 21 And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it should lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece should not come loose from the ephod, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

22 (F)He also made the robe of the ephod woven all of blue, 23 and the opening of the robe in it was like the opening in a garment, with a binding around the opening, so that it might not tear. 24 On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. 25 They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around the hem of the robe, between the pomegranates— 26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate around the hem of the robe for ministering, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

27 (G)They also made the coats, woven of fine (H)linen, for Aaron and his sons, 28 and the (I)turban of fine linen, and the caps of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twined linen, 29 and the sash of fine twined linen and of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, embroidered with needlework, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

30 (J)They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription, like the engraving of a signet, “Holy to the Lord.” 31 And they tied to it a cord of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and the people of Israel did (K)according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did. 33 Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases; 34 the covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins, and the (L)veil of the screen; 35 the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat; 36 the table with all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; 37 (M)the lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; 38 (N)the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and (O)the screen for the entrance of the tent; 39 the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin and its stand; 40 (P)the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its bases, and the (Q)screen for the gate of the court, its (R)cords, and its pegs; and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41 the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests. 42 (S)According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel had done all the work. 43 And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. Then Moses (T)blessed them.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 39:1 Or garments for worship
  2. Exodus 39:9 A span was about 9 inches or 22 centimeters