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And take[H7126] thou unto thee Aaron[H175] thy brother[H251], and his sons[H1121] with him, from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], that he may minister unto me in the priest's office[H3547], even Aaron[H175], Nadab[H5070] and Abihu[H30], Eleazar[H499] and Ithamar[H385], Aaron[H175]'s sons[H1121].
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And thou shalt make[H6213]holy[H6944]garments[H899] for Aaron[H175] thy brother[H251] for glory[H3519] and for beauty[H8597].
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And thou shalt speak[H1696] unto all that are wise[H2450]hearted[H3820], whom I have filled[H4390] with the spirit[H7307] of wisdom[H2451], that they may make[H6213] Aaron's garments[H899] to consecrate[H6942] him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office[H3547].
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And these are the garments[H899] which they shall make[H6213]; a breastplate[H2833], and an ephod[H646], and a robe[H4598], and a broidered[H8665]coat[H3801], a mitre[H4701], and a girdle[H73]: and they shall make[H6213]holy[H6944]garments[H899] for Aaron[H175] thy brother[H251], and his sons[H1121], that he may minister unto me in the priest's office[H3547].
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And they shall take[H3947]gold[H2091], and blue[H8504], and purple[H713], and scarlet[H8144], and fine linen[H8336].
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And they shall make[H6213] the ephod[H646] of gold[H2091], of blue[H8504], and of purple[H713], of scarlet[H8144], and fine twined[H7806]linen[H8336], with cunning[H2803]work[H4639].
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It shall have the two[H8147]shoulderpieces[H3802] thereof joined[H2266] at the two[H8147]edges[H7098] thereof; and so it shall be joined[H2266]together[H2266].
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And the curious girdle[H2805] of the ephod[H642], which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work[H4639] thereof; even of gold[H2091], of blue[H8504], and purple[H713], and scarlet[H8144], and fine twined[H7806]linen[H8336].
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And thou shalt take[H3947]two[H8147]onyx[H7718]stones[H68], and grave[H6605] on them the names[H8034] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]:
10Six[H8337] of their names[H8034] on one[H259]stone[H68], and the other[H8145]six[H8337]names[H8034] of the rest[H3498] on the other[H8145]stone[H68], according to their birth[H8435].
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With the work[H4639] of an engraver[H2796] in stone[H68], like the engravings[H6603] of a signet[H2368], shalt thou engrave[H6605] the two[H8147]stones[H68] with the names[H8034] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: thou shalt make[H6213] them to be set[H4142] in ouches[H4865] of gold[H2091].
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And thou shalt put[H7760] the two[H8147]stones[H68] upon the shoulders[H3802] of the ephod[H646] for stones[H68] of memorial[H2146] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: and Aaron[H175] shall bear[H5375] their names[H8034]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] upon his two[H8147]shoulders[H3802] for a memorial[H2146].
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And thou shalt make[H6213]ouches[H4865] of gold[H2091];
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And two[H8147]chains[H8333] of pure[H2889]gold[H2091] at the ends[H4020]; of wreathen[H5688]work[H4639] shalt thou make[H6213] them, and fasten[H5414] the wreathen[H5688]chains[H8333] to the ouches[H4865].
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And thou shalt make[H6213] the breastplate[H2833] of judgment[H4941] with cunning[H2803]work[H4639]; after the work[H4639] of the ephod[H646] thou shalt make[H6213] it; of gold[H2091], of blue[H8504], and of purple[H713], and of scarlet[H8144], and of fine twined[H7806]linen[H8336], shalt thou make[H6213] it.
16Foursquare[H7251] it shall be being doubled[H3717]; a span[H2239] shall be the length[H753] thereof, and a span[H2239] shall be the breadth[H7341] thereof.
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And thou shalt set[H4390] in it settings[H4396] of stones[H68], even four[H702]rows[H2905] of stones[H68]: the first[H259]row[H2905] shall be a sardius[H124], a topaz[H6357], and a carbuncle[H1304]: this shall be the first[H259]row[H2905].
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And the second[H8145]row[H2905] shall be an emerald[H5306], a sapphire[H5601], and a diamond[H3095].
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And the third[H7992]row[H2905] a ligure[H3958], an agate[H7618], and an amethyst[H306].
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And the fourth[H7243]row[H2905] a beryl[H8658], and an onyx[H7718], and a jasper[H3471]: they shall be set[H7660] in gold[H2091] in their inclosings[H4396].
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And the stones[H68] shall be with the names[H8034] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], twelve[H8147], according to their names[H8034], like the engravings[H6603] of a signet[H2368]; every one[H376] with his name[H8034] shall they be according to the twelve[H6240]tribes[H7626].
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And thou shalt make[H6213] upon the breastplate[H2833]chains[H8331] at the ends[H1383] of wreathen[H5688]work[H4639] of pure[H2889]gold[H2091].
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And thou shalt make[H6213] upon the breastplate[H2833]two[H8147]rings[H2885] of gold[H2091], and shalt put[H5414] the two[H8147]rings[H2885] on the two[H8147]ends[H7098] of the breastplate[H2833].
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And thou shalt put[H5414] the two[H8147]wreathen[H5688] chains of gold[H2091] in the two[H8147]rings[H2885] which are on the ends[H7098] of the breastplate[H2833].
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And the other two[H8147]ends[H7098] of the two[H8147]wreathen[H5688] chains thou shalt fasten[H5414] in the two[H8147]ouches[H4865], and put[H5414] them on the shoulderpieces[H3802] of the ephod[H646]before[H6440]it[H4136].
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And thou shalt make[H6213]two[H8147]rings[H2885] of gold[H2091], and thou shalt put[H7760] them upon the two[H8147]ends[H7098] of the breastplate[H2833] in the border[H8193] thereof, which is in the side[H5676] of the ephod[H646]inward[H1004].
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And two[H8147] other rings[H2885] of gold[H2091] thou shalt make[H6213], and shalt put[H5414] them on the two[H8147]sides[H3802] of the ephod[H646]underneath[H4295], toward[H4136] the forepart[H6440] thereof, over against[H5980] the other coupling[H4225] thereof, above[H4605] the curious girdle[H2805] of the ephod[H646].
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And they shall bind[H7405] the breastplate[H2833] by the rings[H2885] thereof unto the rings[H2885] of the ephod[H646] with a lace[H6616] of blue[H8504], that it may be above the curious girdle[H2805] of the ephod[H646], and that the breastplate[H2833] be not loosed[H2118] from the ephod[H646].
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And Aaron[H175] shall bear[H5375] the names[H8034] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] in the breastplate[H2833] of judgment[H4941] upon his heart[H3820], when he goeth[H935] in unto the holy[H6944] place, for a memorial[H2146]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]continually[H8548].
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And thou shalt put[H5414] in the breastplate[H2833] of judgment[H4941] the Urim[H224] and the Thummim[H8550]; and they shall be upon Aaron[H175]'s heart[H3820], when he goeth[H935] in before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]: and Aaron[H175] shall bear[H5375] the judgment[H4941] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] upon his heart[H3820]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]continually[H8548].
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And thou shalt make[H6213] the robe[H4598] of the ephod[H646]all[H3632] of blue[H8504].
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And there shall be an hole[H6310] in the top[H7218] of it, in the midst[H8432] thereof: it shall have a binding[H8193] of woven[H707]work[H4639] round about[H5439] the hole[H6310] of it, as it were the hole[H6310] of an habergeon[H8473], that it be not rent[H7167].
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And beneath upon the hem[H7757] of it thou shalt make[H6213]pomegranates[H7416] of blue[H8504], and of purple[H713], and of scarlet[H8144], round about[H5439] the hem[H7757] thereof; and bells[H6472] of gold[H2091]between[H8432] them round about[H5439]:
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A golden[H2091]bell[H6472] and a pomegranate[H7416], a golden[H2091]bell[H6472] and a pomegranate[H7416], upon the hem[H7757] of the robe[H4598] round about[H5439].
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And it shall be upon Aaron[H175] to minister[H8334]: and his sound[H6963] shall be heard[H8085] when he goeth[H935] in unto the holy[H6944] place before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and when he cometh[H3318] out, that he die[H4191] not.
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And thou shalt make[H6213] a plate[H6731] of pure[H2889]gold[H2091], and grave[H6605] upon it, like the engravings[H6603] of a signet[H2368], HOLINESS[H6944] TO THE LORD[H3068].
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And thou shalt put[H7760] it on a blue[H8504]lace[H6616], that it may be upon the mitre[H4701]; upon the forefront[H6440] of the mitre[H4701] it shall be.
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And it shall be upon Aaron[H175]'s forehead[H4696], that Aaron[H175] may bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the holy[H6944]things[H6944], which the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] shall hallow[H6942] in all their holy[H6944]gifts[H4979]; and it shall be always[H8548] upon his forehead[H4696], that they may be accepted[H7522]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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And thou shalt embroider[H7660] the coat[H3801] of fine linen[H8336], and thou shalt make[H6213] the mitre[H4701] of fine linen[H8336], and thou shalt make[H6213] the girdle[H73] of needlework[H7551].
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And for Aaron's sons[H1121] thou shalt make[H6213]coats[H3801], and thou shalt make[H6213] for them girdles[H73], and bonnets[H4021] shalt thou make[H6213] for them, for glory[H3519] and for beauty[H8597].
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And thou shalt put[H3847] them upon Aaron[H175] thy brother[H251], and his sons[H1121] with him; and shalt anoint[H4886] them, and consecrate[H4390] them, and sanctify[H6942] them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office[H3547].
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And thou shalt make[H6213] them linen[H906]breeches[H4370] to cover[H3680] their nakedness[H1320]; from the loins[H4975] even unto the thighs[H3409] they shall reach:
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And they shall be upon Aaron[H175], and upon his sons[H1121], when they come[H935] in unto the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], or when they come[H935]near[H5066] unto the altar[H4196] to minister[H8334] in the holy[H6944] place; that they bear[H5375] not iniquity[H5771], and die[H4191]: it shall be a statute[H2708] for ever[H5769] unto him and his seed[H2233]after[H310] him.