Exodus 28:15-30

The Voice

¹⁵ Have your skilled workers make a breast piece of judgment out of the same quality materials and in the same style as the vest. Use finely woven linen; blue, purple, and scarlet thread; and gold. ¹⁶ Make it square and fold it over to double the material, and create a pouch nine inches by nine inches. ¹⁷ Attach four rows of stones to the breast piece. The first row is to be a ruby, topaz, and emerald; ¹⁸ the second row is turquoise, sapphire, and diamond; ¹⁹ the third row is jacinth, agate, and amethyst; ²⁰ the fourth row is beryl, onyx, and jasper. Attach all the stones to the breast piece with ornamental gold settings. ²¹ These stones stand for the twelve tribes of Israel. Each will be engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. ²² Also braid strands of gold into chains and attach them to the breast piece. ²³ Fashion two gold rings for the breast piece as well and attach them to the two ends. ²⁴ Fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the ends of the breast piece. ²⁵ Fasten the loose ends of the chains on the two ornamental gold settings to the shoulders of the special vest. ²⁶ Fashion two more gold rings and attach them to the breast piece at the inside edge next to the vest. ²⁷ Make two additional gold rings and attach them to the front of the vest below the shoulders near the seam just above the waistband. ²⁸ Connect the rings on the breast piece to the rings on the vest using a blue cord. This way, it will be attached above the waistband and not come loose from the vest. ²⁹ Aaron must keep the names of the tribes of Israel in the breast piece of judgment over his heart whenever he enters the holy place; and this will serve as a memorial before the Eternal One, a constant reminder of the covenant.