The Ephod

² He made the ephod out of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen. ³ They hammered out gold sheets and cut off threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet material and into the fine linen, a work of skillful design. ⁴ They made connecting shoulder pieces for the ephod^[a] and attached them to its two edges. ⁵ The skillfully woven band that was on it was made like it, of one piece with it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, just as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁶ They prepared the onyx stones, engraved with the names of the sons of Israel like the engraving on a signet,^[b] and mounted them in settings of gold filigree. ⁷ He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses.