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You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:
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Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth.
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With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
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And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.
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And you are to make twisted frames of gold;
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And two chains of the best gold, twisted like cords; and have the chains fixed on to the frames.
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And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.
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It is to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.
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And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;
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The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;
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The third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.
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The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it as on a stamp.
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And you are to make two chains of gold, twisted like cords, to be fixed to the priest's bag.
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And put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.
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Put the two gold chains on the two rings at the ends of the bag;
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Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.
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Then make two gold rings and put them on the lower ends of the bag, at the edge of it on the inner side nearest to the ephod.
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And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:
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So that the rings on the bag may be fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord and on to the band of the ephod, so that the bag may not come loose from the ephod.
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And so Aaron will have the names of the children of Israel on the priest's bag over his heart whenever he goes into the holy place, to keep the memory of them before the Lord.