The Koine Bible

And Bezalel and Eliab and every wise one in mind, to whom wisdom and knowledge was given in them to understand how to do all the works according to the holy duties, according to all that the Lord commanded

And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab and all who had the wisdom, to whom God had given knowledge in the heart, and all who were willing of themselves to come near to the works, so as to complete them.

And they received from Moses all the contributions that the sons of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to make them, and they themselves were still receiving the things brought by those bringing them morning by morning.

And all the wise men who were doing the works of the holy place came, each according to his own work which they themselves were working.

And they said to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than the works which the Lord ordered to be made

And Moses ordered, and he proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let man and woman no longer work for the firstfruits of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing more

And the works were sufficient for them for the making, to do, and they left over

And every wise man among the workers made the garments of the holy things, which are for Aaron the priest, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

And they made the ephod from gold and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, and twisted linen

And the plates of gold were cut into threads, so as to weave together with the blue and with the purple and with the scarlet that had been twined, and with the fine linen that had been twisted, woven work.

They made it with joining shoulder-pieces on both sides

an embroidered work woven into each other, interwoven by itself, they made from it according to its making, of gold and of blue and of purple and of scarlet dyed twice and of twisted linen, as the Lord commanded Moses

And they made both the emerald stones set in gold settings and engraved and carved like the carving of a seal from the names of the sons of Israel

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And they made the breastpiece, woven work with variegated colors, according to the work of the ephod, from gold and from blue and from purple and from scarlet spun yarn and from twisted linen

They made the breastpiece square, doubled; a span its length and a span its breadth, doubled.

And there was woven in it a woven work of setting, four rows, a row of stones: sardius and topaz and emerald, the one row.

And the second row, carbuncle and sapphire and jasper

And the third row, jacinth and agate and amethyst

And the fourth row: chrysolite and beryl and onyx, encircled with gold and bound with gold

And the stones were from the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, from their names, engraved as seals, each according to his own name, for the twelve tribes.

And they made on the breastpiece braided cords, work of interweaving, of pure gold.

And they made two golden fastenings and two golden rings, and they put the two golden rings on both ends of the breastpiece

And they put the gold settings upon the rings on both sides of the breastpiece

And for the two joins the two woven pieces, and they put on the two little shields, and they put on the shoulders of the ephod opposite, in front

And they made two golden rings and put them upon the two wings at the edge of the breastpiece, upon the edge of the hinder part of the shoulderpiece inward

And they made two gold rings and put them on both shoulders of the ephod underneath it, at the front, at the joining, above the woven band of the ephod

And he fastened the breastpiece from the rings that were on it to the rings of the shoulder-piece, being joined from the blue, intertwined into the fabric of the shoulder-piece, so that the breastpiece might not be loosened from the shoulder-piece, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And they made the robe beneath the ephod, woven work, all blue.

And the opening of the tunic in the middle was woven in with a binding border, having a hem round about the opening, not to be torn apart.

And they made on the hem of the tunic below pomegranates, as of blossoming pomegranates, tassels of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and twisted fine linen

And they made golden bells and put the bells on the hem of the robe round about, between the pomegranates

a golden bell and a pomegranate on the hem of the undergarment all around, for ministering, as the Lord commanded Moses

And they made tunics of fine linen, woven work, for Aaron and for his sons

and the turbans of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the undergarments of twisted fine linen

and their sashes of fine linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, as the Lord commanded Moses

And they made the golden plate, the holy separation, of pure gold, and he wrote on it letters engraved like a seal: Holy to the Lord

And they put on it a blue band, so as to lie upon the mitre above, just as the Lord commanded Moses.