Exodus Chapter 39

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Exodus chapter thirty nine. For the priests who served in
the Holy Place, they decorated finely woven garments with blue,
purple and scarlet thread donated by the people. They also
made the sacred garments aarin was to wear, exactly as
the Eternal One had instructed Moses. Bezelel had aaron's vest
of gold made out of finely woven linen embroidered with blue,

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purple and scarlet thread. Craftsmen hammered gold into gold leaf
sliced it into individual threads, and interlaced them with the blue,
purple and scarlet thread as they embroidered intricate designs into
the fine linens. They also made two pieces for the
shoulders of the vest that attached so that the front
and back formed one piece. The vest waistband was skillfully

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made of the same materials, blue purple and scarlet thread
on finely woven linen and with a similar design, made
by skilled artisans, exactly as the Eternal One had instructed Moses.
They prepared onyx stones, engraved them the same way signet
rings are engraved, and set them in ornamental gold settings.
As the Eternal instructed Moses. He positioned the onyx stones

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on the shoulder pieces of Erin's vest as a memorial
for the people of Israel before the eternal one. He
then had skilled workers make the breastpiece in the same
style as the vest, out of finely woven linen, embroidered
with blue, purple and scarlet thread and with gold. They
made it square by folding over the material to double it,

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and created a pouch in it nine inches by nine inches.
They placed four rows of stones in it. The first
row was ruby, topaz an emerald, The second row was turquoise,
sapphire and diamond. The third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst.
The fourth row was beryl, onyx and jasper. They were

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all attached to the breastpiece with ornamental gold settings. The
twelve stones stood for the twelve tribes of Israel. Each
was engraved like a seal, with the name of one
of the twelve tribes. They braided strands of pure gold
into chains and attached them to the breast piece. They
fashioned two ornamental gold pieces and two gold rings, and
they placed the two rings on opposite ends of the

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breast piece. Then they fastened the two gold chains to
the two gold rings at the two ends of the
breast piece. They fastened the loose ends of the chains
to the two ornamental gold settings at the front of
Erin's vest on the shoulders. Then they fashioned two more
gold rings and attached them to the breast piece at
the inside edge next to the vest. They made two

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additional gold rings and attached them to the front of
the vest below the shoulders, near the seam, just above
the waistband. They connected the rings on the breast piece
to the rings on the vest using blue cord, so
that it would be attached above the vest's waistband and
not come loose from the vest. They did all this
exactly as the Eternal One had instructed Moses. He then

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made the robe worn under the vest blue. They made
a hole for the head and formed a collar around
the hole by lining it with extra material so that
it might not tear. All around the hem, they stitched
pomegranates out of the blue, purple and scarlet thread. They
also fashioned bells out of pure gold and attached them
all around the hem. Between the pomegranates. They used an

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alternating pattern bell pomegranate, bell, pomegranate, and so on. They
did this exactly as the Eternal One had instructed Moses.
They made tunics out of finely woven linen for Aaron
and his sons. They made the turban caps and undergarments
out of the fine linen as well. They also made
the sash at of finely woven linen and embroidered it

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with blue, purple and scarlet thread. They did all this
exactly as the Eternal One instructed Moses. They made the medallion,
the sacred emblem that set the high priest apart, out
of pure gold and engraved it like a seal with
the inscription wholly to the Eternal They fastened it with
a blue cord to the front of Aaron's turban, exactly

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as the Eternal One instructed Moses. All the work that
went into the sanctuary of the congregation tent was finally finished.
The Israelites did everything exactly as the Eternal One had
instructed Moses. Then the Israelites brought all they made to Moses.
They brought the tent and all its furnishings, including its hooks,

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frame panels, the crossbars, posts and bases. They layers of
red dyed ramskins they brought, and the sea cow skin
that covered the sanctuary, the veil shrouding the most holy place,
the covenant chest with its poles and the seed of mercy,
the table its tools, the bread of the presents, the
gold lamps stand, its lamps and all its tools, the

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lamp oil, the golden altar of incense, the anointing oil
and the scented incense. The fabric screen for the tense entrance,
the bronze altar for burnt offerings, the bronze grating, its
poles and tools, the basin and its stand, the panels
that enclosed the courtyard, the posts and bases, the screen
that covers the court's entrance, the cords and pegs and

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all the tools used in the sanctuary of the congregation tent,
the finely woven clothing for priests serving in the whole
placed the sacred garments worn by Aaron the high priests,
and the clothes his sons are to wear when they
service priests as well. The Israelites completed each part of
the project exactly as the Eternal One had instructed Moses.

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Moses inspected every piece of work they had completed, and
he saw that they had done it all with excellence,
according to the specifications given to him by the eternal one.
So Moses blessed them