Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they will not multiply and in the event of war, join our enemies, and fight against us and escape from the land.”

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

You shall join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent [to make a closed door].

It is to have two shoulder pieces joined to its two [back and front] ends, so that it may be joined together.

You are to make two gold rings and attach them to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod in front, close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven sash of the ephod.