Clothes Mark the Priest?

^[1] “Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests. ^[2] Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron, to give him dignity and honor. ^[3] Tell all the skilled men to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration, so he may serve me as priest. ^[4] These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests. ^[5] Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and fine linen. ^[6] “Make the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen-the work of a skilled craftsman. ^[7] It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be fastened. ^[8] 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. ^[9] “Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel ^[10] in the order of their birth-six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other. ^[11] 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 ^[12] and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the LORD. ^[13] Make gold filigree settings ^[14] and two braided chains of pure gold, like a rope, and attach the chains to the settings. ^[15] “Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions-the work of a skilled craftsman. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. ^[16] It is to be square-a span long and a span wide-and folded double. ^[17] Then mount four rows of precious stones on it. In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz and a beryl; ^[18] in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald; ^[19] in the third row a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst; ^[20] in the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx and a jasper. Mount them in gold filigree settings. ^[21] There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. ^[22] “For the breastpiece make braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. ^[23] Make two gold rings for it and fasten them to two corners of the breastpiece. ^[24] Fasten the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, ^[25] and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. ^[26] Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. ^[27] 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. ^[28] The rings of the breastpiece are to be tied to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband, so that the breastpiece will not swing out from the ephod. ^[29] “Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the LORD. ^[30] Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD.

Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of International Bible Society.