3. They hammered out sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips to be worked into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red wool.
4. They made two shoulder straps for the ephod and attached them to its sides, so that it could be fastened.
5. The finely woven belt, made of the same materials, was attached to the ephod so as to form one piece with it, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
6. They prepared the carnelians and mounted them in gold settings; they were skilfully engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.
7. They put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod to represent the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8. They made the breastpiece of the same materials as the ephod and with similar embroidery.
9. It was square and folded double, 22 centimetres long and 22 centimetres wide.
24-26. All round its lower hem they put pomegranates of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, alternating with bells of pure gold, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
27. They made the shirts for Aaron and his sons,
28. and the turban, the caps, the linen shorts,
29. and the sash of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool, decorated with embroidery, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30. They made the ornament, the sacred sign of dedication, out of pure gold, and they engraved on it “Dedicated to the Lord”.
31. They tied it to the front of the turban with a blue cord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
32. All the work on the Tent of the Lord's presence was finally completed. The Israelites made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
33. They brought to Moses the Tent and all its equipment, its hooks, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;
34. the covering of rams' skin dyed red; the covering of fine leather; the curtain;
35. the Covenant Box containing the stone tablets, its poles, and its lid;
36. the table and all its equipment, and the bread offered to God;
37. the lampstand of pure gold, its lamps, all its equipment, and the oil for the lamps;
38. the gold altar; the anointing oil; the sweet-smelling incense; the curtain for the entrance of the Tent;
39. the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its equipment; the washbasin and its base;
40. the curtains for the enclosure and its posts and bases; the curtain for the entrance of the enclosure and its ropes; the pegs for the Tent; all the equipment to be used in the Tent;
41. and the magnificent garments the priests were to wear in the Holy Place — the sacred clothes for Aaron the priest and for his sons.
42. The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
43. Moses examined everything and saw that they had made it all just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.