The Breast Piece

⁸ He made a breast piece, skillfully worked, like the work of the ephod: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen. ⁹ They made the breast piece square when folded double: one span^[a] in length and one span^[b] in width when folded double. ¹⁰ They mounted on it four rows of stones. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald; ¹¹ the second row ruby,^[c] sapphire, and crystal; ¹² the third row jacinth, agate, and amethyst; ¹³ and the fourth row beryl, onyx, and jasper. They were set in gold filigree when they were mounted. ¹⁴ The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve stones^[d] corresponding to their names, with the engraving of a signet,^[e] each with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

¹⁵ They made chains of pure gold twisted like cords for the breast piece. ¹⁶ They made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings, and they put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece. ¹⁷ They put the two gold cords on the two gold rings at the edges of the breast piece, ¹⁸ and they attached the other two ends of the two cords to the filigree settings, and then attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod in front. ¹⁹ They made two gold rings and attached them to the two edges of the breast piece, on the side of it which is toward the inner side of the ephod. ²⁰ They made two gold rings and attached them in front, on the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, close to the place where it’s joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. ²¹ They tied the breast piece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord so it would rest on the skillfully woven band of the ephod and so the breast piece would not come loose from the ephod.