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1 The craftsmen made beautiful sacred garments of blue, purple, and scarlet cloth—clothing for Aaron to wear while ministering in the Holy Place, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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They used the blue, purple, and deep red yarns to make the woven clothing for those ministering as priests in the sanctuary. They made the holy clothes for Aaron as the LORD had commanded Moses.
2 Bezalel made the ephod of finely woven linen and embroidered it with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
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They made the vest of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns, and of fine twisted linen.
3 He made gold thread by hammering out thin sheets of gold and cutting it into fine strands. With great skill and care, he worked it into the fine linen with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
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They beat out thin sheets of gold and cut them into threads to work into designs among the blue, purple, and deep red yarns and the fine linen.
4 The ephod consisted of two pieces, front and back, joined at the shoulders with two shoulder-pieces.
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They made shoulder pieces for it attached to its two edges so that they could be joined together.
5 The decorative sash was made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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The vest's belt was attached to it and made in the same way of gold, of blue, purple, and deep red yarns, and of fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
6 They mounted the two onyx stones in settings of gold filigree. The stones were engraved with the names of the tribes of Israel, just as a seal is engraved.
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They prepared the gemstones by mounting them in gold settings and engraving on them the names of Israel's sons, like an official seal is engraved.
7 He fastened these stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as a reminder that the priest represents the people of Israel. All this was done just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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The stones were attached to the vest's shoulder pieces as reminder stones for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
8 Bezalel made the chestpiece with great skill and care. He made it to match the ephod, using finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
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They made the embroidered chest pendant in the style of the vest, using gold, blue, purple, and deep red yarns, and fine twisted linen.
9 He made the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square.
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They made the chest pendant square and doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.
10 They mounted four rows of gemstones on it. The first row contained a red carnelian, a pale-green peridot, and an emerald.
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They set in it four rows of gemstones. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald stones.
11 The second row contained a turquoise, a blue lapis lazuli, and a white moonstone.
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The second row was a turquoise, a sapphire, and a moonstone.
12 The third row contained an orange jacinth, an agate, and a purple amethyst.
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The third row was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.
13 The fourth row contained a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones were set in gold filigree.
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The fourth row was a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. The settings around them were decorative gold.
14 Each stone represented one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe was engraved on it like a seal.
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There were twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of Israel's sons. They were engraved like official seals, each with its name for the twelve tribes.
15 To attach the chestpiece to the ephod, they made braided cords of pure gold thread.
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They made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords, for the chest pendant.
16 They also made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings and attached them to the top corners of the chestpiece.
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They made two gold settings and two gold rings. They attached the two rings to the two edges of the chest pendant.
17 They tied the two gold cords to the rings on the chestpiece.
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They attached the two gold cords to the two rings at the edges of the chest pendant.
18 They tied the other ends of the cords to the gold settings on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.
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Then they fastened the two ends of the two cords to the two gold settings and attached them to the front of the vest's shoulder pieces.
19 Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the inside edges of the chestpiece next to the ephod.
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They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the two edges of the chest pendant, on its inside edge facing the vest.
20 Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the front of the ephod, below the shoulder-pieces, just above the knot where the decorative sash was fastened to the ephod.
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They made two gold rings and fastened them on the front of the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the vest, at its seam just above the vest's belt.
21 They attached the bottom rings of the chestpiece to the rings on the ephod with blue cords. In this way, the chestpiece was held securely to the ephod above the decorative sash. All this was done just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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The chest pendant was held in place by a blue cord binding its rings to the vest's rings so that the chest pendant rested on the vest's belt and didn't come loose from the vest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 Bezalel made the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue woven cloth,
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They also made the vest's robe, woven completely in blue.
23 with an opening for Aaron’s head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar so it would not tear.
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The opening of the robe in the middle of it was reinforced with a strong border so that it didn't tear.
24 They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
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On the robe's lower hem, they added pomegranates made of blue, purple, and deep red yarns and of fine twisted linen.
25 They also made bells of pure gold and placed them between the pomegranates along the hem of the robe,
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They also made pure gold bells and sewed the bells between the pomegranates, all around the robe's lower hem,
26 with bells and pomegranates alternating all around the hem. This robe was to be worn whenever the priest ministered before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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with a bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe that is used for ministering as a priest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
27 They made tunics for Aaron and his sons from fine linen cloth.
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They also made the tunics woven out of fine linen for Aaron and his sons,
28 The turban and the special head coverings were made of fine linen, and the undergarments were also made of finely woven linen.
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the turban of fine linen, the decorated turbans of fine linen, the linen undergarments of fine twisted linen,
29 The sashes were made of finely woven linen and embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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the sashes of fine twisted linen, and of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, decorated with needlework, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30 Finally, they made the sacred medallion—the badge of holiness—of pure gold. They engraved it like a seal with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD .
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They made the flower ornament for the holy crown out of pure gold. Like the engraving on an official seal, they engraved on it the saying "Holy to the LORD."
31 They attached the medallion with a blue cord to Aaron’s turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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They fastened to it a blue cord to tie it to the top of the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
32 And so at last the Tabernacle was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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In this way all the work of the meeting tent dwelling was finished. The Israelites did everything just exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses.
33 And they brought the entire Tabernacle to Moses: the sacred tent with all its furnishings, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases;
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Then they brought to Moses the dwelling, the tent, and all its equipment: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its posts, and its bases,
34 the tent coverings of tanned ram skins and fine goatskin leather; the inner curtain to shield the Ark;
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the covering of rams' skins dyed red, the covering of beaded leather, and the veil for a screen,
35 the Ark of the Covenant and its carrying poles; the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement;
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the chest containing the covenant with its poles and the cover,
36 the table and all its utensils; the Bread of the Presence;
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the table with all its equipment and the bread of the presence,
37 the pure gold lampstand with its symmetrical lamp cups, all its accessories, and the olive oil for lighting;
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the pure lampstand with its lamps set on it and all its equipment, and the oil for the light,
38 the gold altar; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the entrance of the sacred tent;
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the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet-smelling incense, the screen for the tent's entrance,
39 the bronze altar; the bronze grating and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;
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the copper altar and its copper grate, its poles, and all its equipment, the washbasin with its stand,
40 the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs; all the furnishings to be used in worship at the Tabernacle;
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the courtyard's drapes, its posts, and its bases, the screen for the plaza's gate, its cords, and its tent pegs, and all the other equipment for the service of the dwelling, for the meeting tent,
41 the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.
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the woven clothes for ministering as priests in the sanctuary, the holy clothes for the priest Aaron and the clothes for his sons to serve as priests.
42 So the people of Israel followed all of the LORD ’s instructions to Moses.
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The Israelites did all of the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
43 Then Moses inspected all their work. When he found it had been done just as the LORD had commanded him, he blessed them.
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When Moses saw that they in fact had done all the work exactly as the LORD had commanded, Moses blessed them.
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