Exodus 39:8-21

Good News Translation

Making the Breastpiece^(A)

⁸ They made the breastpiece of the same materials as the ephod and with similar embroidery. ⁹ It was square and folded double, 9 inches long and 9 inches wide. ¹⁰ They mounted four rows of precious stones on it: in the first row they mounted a ruby, a topaz, and a garnet; ¹¹ in the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹² in the third row, a turquoise, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³ and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings. ¹⁴ Each of the twelve stones had engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, in order to represent the twelve tribes of Israel. ¹⁵ For the breastpiece they made chains of pure gold, twisted like cords. ¹⁶ They made two gold settings and two gold rings and attached the two rings to the upper corners of the breastpiece. ¹⁷ They fastened the two gold cords to the two rings ¹⁸ and fastened the other two ends of the cords to the two settings and in this way attached them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod. ¹⁹ They made two rings of gold and attached them to the lower corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod. ²⁰ They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the two shoulder straps of the ephod, near the seam and above the finely woven belt. ²¹ Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that the breastpiece rested above the belt and did not come loose.