Making the Breastpiece
8 He also made the embroidered breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.
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They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
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They mounted four rows of gemstones on it. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;
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the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were surrounded with gold filigree in their settings.
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The 12 stones corresponded to the names of Israel's sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the 12 tribes.
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They made braided chains of pure gold cord for the breastpiece.
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They also fashioned two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to its two corners.
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Then they attached the two gold cords to the two gold rings on the corners of the breastpiece.
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They attached the other ends of the two cords to the two filigree settings and, in this way, attached [them] to the ephod's shoulder pieces in front.
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They made two [other] gold rings and put [them] at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod.
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They made two [more] gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the ephod's two shoulder pieces on its front, close to its seam, above the ephod's woven waistband.
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Then they tied the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the ephod's waistband and did not come loose from the ephod. [They did] just as the Lord had commanded Moses.