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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 39 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/39-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Exodus 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/38.htm" title="Exodus 38">◄</a> Exodus 39 <a href="../exodus/40.htm" title="Exodus 40">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/exodus/39-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Ephod<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/28.htm#6">Exodus 28:6–14</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Truly, from hyacinth and purple, vermillion and fine linen, he made the vestments with which Aaron was clothed when he ministered in the holy places, just as the Lord instructed Moses.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And so he made an ephod of gold, hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>wrought with embroidery. And he cut thin strips of gold and drew them into threads, so that they could be twisted into the weave of the first colors. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he made two edges, coupled to one another at the top of both sides, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and a wide belt from the same colors, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He also prepared two onyx stones, set and enclosed in gold, and engraved with the skill of a jeweler, with the names of the sons of Israel. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he set them in the sides of the ephod, as a memorial to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had instructed Moses.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Breastpiece<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/28.htm#15">Exodus 28:15–30</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He also made a breastplate, wrought with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, from gold, hyacinth, purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine twisted linen: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald; <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper; <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst; <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They also made, in the breastplate, little chains linked to one another, from the purest gold, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and two hooks, and the same number of gold rings. Moreover, they set the rings at both sides of the breastplate, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>from which two golden chains would hang, which they connected with the hooks that projected from the corners of the ephod. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>These were both in front and in back so that they met one another, and so that the ephod and the breastplate were woven together, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>being fastened to the wide belt and strongly coupled with rings, to which a hyacinth band was joined, lest they should shake loose and be moved away from one another, just as the Lord instructed Moses. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They also made the tunic of the ephod entirely from hyacinth, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>with the head in the upper part at the middle, and a woven edge all around the head.<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Additional Priestly Garments<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/28.htm#31">Exodus 28:31–43</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then, at the feet below, they also made pomegranates from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and little bells from the purest gold, which they set between the pomegranates at the very bottom of the tunic all around. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So then, the high priest approached, adorned with gold bell and pomegranate, when he performed his ministry, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They also made fine linen tunics with woven work, for Aaron and his sons, <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>and headdresses with their little crowns of fine linen,<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and also linen undergarments of fine linen. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Truly, they also made a wide band of fine twisted linen, hyacinth, purple, as well as vermillion, twice-dyed, with skillful embroidery, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They also made the plate of sacred veneration from the purest gold, and they wrote on it, with the skill of a jeweler: “Holy to the Lord.”<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And they fastened it to the headdress with a hyacinth band, just as the Lord had instructed Moses. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And so all the work of the tabernacle and of the covering of the testimony was completed. And the sons of Israel did all that the Lord had instructed Moses.<p> <A name="33"></a><p class="hdg">Moses Approves the Work<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And they offered the tabernacle, and the covering, and all of the articles: the rings, the panels, the bars, the columns and bases, <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>the cover of the skins of rams, dyed red, and the other cover of violet skins, <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the veil, the ark, the bars, the propitiatory, <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>the table, with its vessels and the bread of the presence, <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>the lampstand, the lamps, and their utensils with the oil, <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>the altar of gold, and the ointment, and the incense of aromatics, <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>and the tent at the entrance of the tabernacle, <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>the altar of brass, the grating, the bars, and all of its vessels, the washtub with its base, the hangings of the atrium, and the columns with their bases, <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>the hanging at the entrance of the atrium, and their little cords and pegs. Nothing was lacking of the articles that were commanded to be made for the ministry of the tabernacle and for the covering of the covenant. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Likewise, the vestments, which the priests, namely, Aaron and his sons, make use of use in the Sanctuary, <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>the sons of Israel offered, just as the Lord had instructed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/39-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>After this, when Moses saw that everything was completed, he blessed them.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 40" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>