Exodus 39:8-21 - Making The Breastpiece

⁸ The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red. ⁹ It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand; ¹⁰ And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald; ¹¹ In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx; ¹² In the third, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; ¹³ In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.

¹⁴ There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.

¹⁵ And on the bag they put gold chains, twisted like cords. ¹⁶ And they made two gold frames and two gold rings, the rings being fixed to the ends of the priest's bag; ¹⁷ And they put the two twisted chains on the two rings at the ends of the priest's bag; ¹⁸ And the other two ends of the chains were joined to the two frames and fixed to the front of the ephod over the arm-holes. ¹⁹ And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two lower ends of the bag, on the inner side nearest to the ephod. ²⁰ And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band. ²¹ And the rings on the bag were fixed to the rings of the ephod by a blue cord, keeping it in place over the band, so that the bag might not get loose, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.