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And he made the breastpiece, the work of a skilled embroiderer, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double.

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

And they mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.

and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in gold filigree settings when they were mounted.

And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

And they made for the breastpiece chains like cords, work of twisted cords of pure gold.

And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.

And they put the other two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.

They made two gold rings and placed them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge which was next to the ephod.

And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

Furthermore, they made two gold rings and placed them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it, close to the place where it joined, above the woven band of the ephod.

And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

And they bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a violet cord, so that it would be on the woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses.