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Text -- Exodus 39:8-21 (NET)
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The Breastpiece of Decision
39:8 He made the breastpiece , the work of an artistic designer , in the same fashion as the ephod , of gold , blue , purple , and scarlet , and fine twisted linen .
39:9 It was square – they made the breastpiece doubled , nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled .
39:10 They set on it four rows of stones : a row with a ruby , a topaz , and a beryl – the first row ;
39:11 and the second row , a turquoise , a sapphire , and an emerald ;
39:12 and the third row , a jacinth , an agate , and an amethyst ;
39:13 and the fourth row , a chrysolite , an onyx , and a jasper . They were enclosed in gold filigree settings .
39:14 The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel , twelve , corresponding to the number of their names . Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal .
39:15 They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold ,
39:16 and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings , and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece .
39:17 They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece ;
39:18 the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings , and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.
39:19 They made two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece on its edge , which is on the inner side of the ephod .
39:20 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod , close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod .
39:21 They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord , so that it was above the waistband of the ephod , so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Breastplate |
Ephod |
Colors |
Gold |
Tabernacle |
Israel |
Priest |
PRIEST, HIGH |
Engraving |
Stones |
TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE |
STONES, PRECIOUS |
Ligure |
Carbuncle |
Amethyst |
Diamond |
OUCHES |
EMERALD |
Chain |
Beryl |
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