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祭司の装束を作る
1次に、青、紫、緋色の撚り糸で、祭司用の式服を作りました。同じ生地で、アロンの聖なる装束も作りました。すべて、主がモーセに命じたとおりです。 2エポデ（祭司が着用する、ひざ下までのそでなしの上着）も、同じ亜麻布と、金、青、紫、緋色の撚り糸で作りました。 3ベツァルエルは金の板を薄く延ばし、細く切って金糸を作りました。それを青、紫、緋色の糸に撚り込み、布に織ると、実に精巧な美しい布ができ上がりました。
4-5エポデには肩当てをつけ、両端を留めるようにしました。上に締める帯も織りました。生地はエポデと同じく、金、青、紫、緋色の細い撚り糸を織り込んだ亜麻布で、たいへん美しいものでした。主がモーセに指示したとおりです。
6-7二個のしまめのうを金の台にはめ、エポデの肩当てに縫いつけましたが、石には印章を彫るようにして、イスラエルの全部族の名を彫りました。この石を見て、神がイスラエルの民を絶えず思い起こせるようにしたのです。すべて主がモーセに指示したとおりです。
8胸当てもエポデと同じように、金、青、紫、緋色の撚り糸で織った上質の亜麻布で作りました。 9これは一あたり（約二十二センチ）四方の布で、二つに折って袋状にしました。 10そこには宝石を四列に並べました。最初の列はルビー、トパーズ、エメラルド。 11二列目はトルコ玉、サファイヤ、ダイヤモンド。 12三列目はヒヤシンス石、めのう、紫水晶。 13四列目は緑柱石、しまめのう、碧玉。これらはみな金の台にはめました。 14石には、イスラエルの十二部族の名を、印章と同じように彫りつけました。
15-18胸当てをエポデに結びつけるために、エポデの肩当てに金の環をつけました。この環と、胸当ての上部の金の留め金とを金の鎖でつなぐのです。 19ほかに、胸当ての下のへり、ちょうどエポデと接するところの内側にも、金の環を二個つけました。 20別の金の環を、エポデの肩当ての下部につけました。エポデの上から、美しく織った帯を締めるあたりです。 21胸当ての環とエポデの環とを青いひもでしばり、胸当てを、帯の上にしっかり結びつけました。すべて主の命じたとおりです。
22エポデの下に着る服は青糸で織りました。 23真ん中に、ちょうどよろいの首の部分のように頭を通す穴を開け、ほつれないようにかがりました。 24長服のすそには、青と紫と緋色の撚り糸で作ったざくろをつけました。 25-26ざくろとざくろの間には、純金の鈴もつけました。服のすそに鈴とざくろが交互に並ぶわけです。この長服は、アロンが祭司の務めをするときに着ます。主がモーセにそう命じたのです。
27細い撚り糸で織った亜麻布で、アロンと息子たちのために上着を作りました。 28-29美しいターバン、帽子、下着もみな同じ布で作り、帯には青、紫、緋色の糸で美しい刺しゅうをしました。主がモーセに命じたとおりです。
30最後に、ターバンの正面につける聖なるプレートを純金で作りました。その上には、「神のために特別に選ばれた者」ということばを彫り、 31青いひもでターバンに結びつけました。これも主が教えたとおりです。
32こうしてついに、主がモーセに指示したいっさいの作業が終わりました。 33-40そこで担当者は、でき上がった幕屋と付属品を全部、モーセのもとに運んで来ました。調度品、留め金、わく組みの板、横木、柱、土台、屋根と側面用の赤く染めた雄羊のなめし皮、特別になめしたじゅごんの皮、仕切り用の垂れ幕、十戒を納めた契約の箱、かつぎ棒、「恵みの座」、供えのパンのテーブルと付属品、供えのパン、純金の燭台とともしび皿、付属品、油、金の香の祭壇、注ぎの油、香りの高い香、天幕の入口用の垂れ幕、青銅の祭壇、青銅の格子、かつぎ棒と付属品、洗い鉢とその台、庭を仕切る引き幕とそれを支える柱、柱の土台と庭の入口に下げる幕、ひも類と釘、幕屋で使うあらゆる用具類です。 41そのほか、美しく仕立てた祭司用の式服も、モーセに点検してもらいました。つまり大祭司アロンの聖なる装束と、彼の息子たちが公式に着る衣装などです。
42このようにしてイスラエルの民は、主がモーセに指示したことを全部、そのとおりに行いました。 43モーセはでき上がったものを見て、すべての仕事が主の指示どおりにされていたので、彼らを祝福しました。
The Priestly Garments
1From the blue, purple and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary. They also made sacred garments for Aaron, as the Lord commanded Moses.
The Ephod
2They39:2 Or He; also in verses 7, 8 and 22 made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. 3They hammered out thin sheets of gold and cut strands to be worked into the blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen—the work of skilled hands. 4They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached to two of its corners, so it could be fastened. 5Its skillfully woven waistband was like it—of one piece with the ephod and made with gold, and with blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and with finely twisted linen, as the Lord commanded Moses.
6They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings and engraved them like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. 7Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.
The Breastpiece
8They fashioned the breastpiece—the work of a skilled craftsman. They made it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen. 9It was square—a span39:9 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters long and a span wide—and folded double. 10Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; 11the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 12the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; 13the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.39:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain. They were mounted in gold filigree settings. 14There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
15For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. 16They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. 17They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, 18and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. 19They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. 20Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. 21They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod—as the Lord commanded Moses.
Other Priestly Garments
22They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth—the work of a weaver— 23with an opening in the center of the robe like the opening of a collar,39:23 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear. 24They made pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen around the hem of the robe. 25And they made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates. 26The bells and pomegranates alternated around the hem of the robe to be worn for ministering, as the Lord commanded Moses.
27For Aaron and his sons, they made tunics of fine linen—the work of a weaver— 28and the turban of fine linen, the linen caps and the undergarments of finely twisted linen. 29The sash was made of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn—the work of an embroiderer—as the Lord commanded Moses.
30They made the plate, the sacred emblem, out of pure gold and engraved on it, like an inscription on a seal: Holy to the Lord. 31Then they fastened a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Moses Inspects the Tabernacle
32So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses. 33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 34the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather39:34 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals and the shielding curtain; 35the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover; 36the table with all its articles and the bread of the Presence; 37the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its accessories, and the olive oil for the light; 38the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent; 39the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the basin with its stand; 40the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for the tabernacle, the tent of meeting; 41and the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when serving as priests.
42The Israelites had done all the work just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 43Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
