⁸ And he made the breast piece, the work of a skilled craftsman, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple and crimson yarns, and finely twisted linen. ⁹ It was squared; they made the breast piece doubled; its length was a span, and its width was a span when doubled. ¹⁰ And they filled it with four rows of stone; a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald was the first row; ¹¹ and the second row was a malachite, a sapphire, and a moonstone; ¹² and the third row was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³ and the fourth row was a turquoise, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set with gold filigree settings in their mountings. ¹⁴ And the stones were according to the names of the Israelites;^[a] they were twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name for the twelve tribes.

¹⁵ And they made on the breast piece braided chains, a work of pure gold ornamental cord. ¹⁶ And they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they put the two rings on the two edges of the breast piece. ¹⁷ And they put the two gold ornamental cords on the two rings on the edges of the breast piece. ¹⁸ And they put the two ends of the two ornamental cords on the two filigree settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. ¹⁹ And they made two gold rings, and they placed them on the two edges of the breast piece, on its lip that is on the other side^[b] of the ephod, to the inside.^{[c] 20} And they made two gold rings and put them on the ephod’s two shoulder pieces below, at its front near its seam above the waistband of the ephod. ²¹ And they tied the breast piece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord so that the breast piece would be on the waistband of the ephod and not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.