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And he made the breastpiece the work of a skilful weaver like the work of the ephod, - of gold blue and purple and crimson, and fine twined linen.

Foursquare, it was doubled, made they the breastpiece, - a span, was the length thereof, and, a span, the breadth thereof, doubled.

And they set therein four rows of stones, - one row sardius, a topaz and an emerald, the first row;

and the second row, - a carbuncle a sapphire, and a diamond;

and the third row, - an opal an agate and an amethyst;

and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper, - enclosed in ouches of gold, when they were set

And as for the stones, after the names of the sons of Israel, they were twelve, after their names, - with the engravings of a seal-ring, each one, after his name, for the twelve tribes,

And they made, upon the breastpiece, chains like cords of wreathen work, - of pure gold.

And they made two ouches of gold, and two rings of gold, - and they placed the two rings upon the two ends of the breastpiece;

and they placed the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings,-upon the ends of the breastpiece;

and the other two ends of the two wreathen chains, placed they upon the two ouches, - and placed them upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forefront thereof.

And they made two rings of gold, and put on the two ends of the breastpiece, upon the border thereof, which is towards the ephod, inwards.

And they made two other rings of gold, and placed them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod below on the front of the face thereof, to match the joining thereof. - above the curious girdle of the ephod,

And they bound the breastpiece by the rings thereof into the rings of the ephod, with a cord of blue that it might remain upon the curious girdle of the ephod, and the breastpiece not be removed from upon the ephod, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.