Exodus 28:22-25-31 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. Aaron is to be dedicated as my high priest, and his clothes must be made only by persons who possess skills that I have given them.

4. Here are the items that need to be made: a breastpiece, a priestly apron, a robe, an embroidered shirt, a turban, and a sash. These sacred clothes are to be made for your brother Aaron and his sons who will be my priests.

5. Only gold and fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool, are to be used for making these clothes.

22-25. Attach two gold rings to the upper front corners of the breastpiece and fasten them with two braided gold chains to gold settings on the shoulder straps.

26. Attach two other gold rings to the lower inside corners next to the apron

27. and two more near the bottom of the shoulder straps just above the sash.

28. Then take a blue cord and tie the two lower rings on the breastpiece to those on the apron. This will keep the breastpiece in place.

29. In this way Aaron will have the names of the twelve tribes of Israel written on his heart each time he enters the holy place, and I will never forget my people.

30. He must also wear on his breastpiece the two small objects that he uses to receive answers from me.

31. Under his apron Aaron must wear a robe of blue wool

Exodus 28