Its skillfully woven waistband is to be like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen.

Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings

Make gold filigree settings

and two braided chains of pure gold, like a rope, and attach the chains to the settings.

The Breastpiece

“Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions—the work of skilled hands. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.

the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper. Mount them in gold filigree settings.

“For the breastpiece make braided chains of pure gold, like a rope.

Make two gold rings for it and fasten them to two corners of the breastpiece.

Fasten the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.

Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod.

Make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn around the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.

The gold bells and the pomegranates are to alternate around the hem of the robe.

“Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: holy to the Lord.

Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

Make two gold rings for the altar below the molding—two on each of the opposite sides—to hold the poles used to carry it.

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,

the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense,

The Golden Calf

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”

Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.”

So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”

So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold.

From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze;

All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord.