出28:7It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined at the two ends thereof, where it is joined together.

出28:8And the girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to its work of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet and twined byssus.

出28:9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

出28:10six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

出28:11According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.

出28:12And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod [as] stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

出28:13And thou shalt make enclosures of gold;

出28:14and two chains of pure gold; of laced work shalt thou make them, of wreathen work, and fasten the wreathen chains to the enclosures.

出28:15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it.

出28:16Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

出28:17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones -- four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald -- the first row;

出28:18and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;

出28:19and the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;

出28:20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper; enclosed in gold shall they be in their settings.

出28:21And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.

出28:22And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains of laced work, of wreathen work, of pure gold.

出28:23And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

出28:24And thou shalt put the two wreathen [cords] of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

出28:25and the two ends of the two wreathen [cords] thou shalt fasten to the two enclosures, and shalt put [them] on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.

出28:26And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border thereof, which faceth the ephod inwards.