Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The XXVIII. Chapter.

ANd thou shalt take vnto the Aaron [ A] thy brother and his sonnes frō amon¦ge the childrē of Israel, that he maye be my prest: namely Aaron & his sonnes Na¦dab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar: & thou shalt make holy clothes for Aarō yⁱ brother, honorable and glorious, & shalt speake vnto all them that are wise of hert, whom I haue fylled with the sprete of wiszdome, that they make garmentes to Aaron for his consecra∣cion, that he maye be my prest.

These are y^e garmentes which they shal make: a brestlappe, an ouerbody cote, a tuny∣cle, an albe, a myter and a girdell. Thus shal they make holy garmentes for y^e brother Aa¦rō and his sonnes, that he maye be my prest. They shal take therto golde, yalow silke, scar¦let, purple, and whyte sylke.

The ouerbody cote shal they make of gol¦de, [ B] yalow sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twy∣ned sylke of b••oderd worke, that it maye be festened together vpon both the sydes by y^e edges therof. And his gyrdell vpō it shall be of y^e same wo••māshippe & stuff, euen of golde yalowe sylke, scarlet, purple, & whyte twyned

sylke. And thou shalt take two Onix stones, and graue in them the names of the chil∣dren of Israel. Syxe names vpon the one stone, and the sixe other names vpon the o∣ther stone acordinge to the order of their a∣ge. This shalt thou do by the stonegrauers that graue signettes, so that y^e stones with the names of the children of Israel to be set rounde aboute with golde: and thou shalt put them vpon the two shulders of the ouer body cote, that that they maye be stones of remembraunce for the children of Israel, that Aaron maye beare their names vpon both his shulders before the LORDE for a remembraunce.

[ C] Thou shalt make hokes of golde also, and two wrethē cheynes of pure golde, and shalt fasten them vnto the hokes.

The brestlappe of iudgment shalt thou make of broderd worke, euen after the wor∣ke of the ouerbody cote: of golde, yalow syl∣ke, scarlet, purple, and whyte twyned sylke. Foure square shall it be and dubble, an han∣de bredth longe, and an handebredth brode. And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes full of stones. Let the first rowe be a Sardis, a Topas, and a Smaragde. The seconde: a Ruby, a Saphyre, and a Dyamonde. The thirde: a Ligurios, an Achatt, and an Ame¦tyst. The fourth: a Turcas, an Onix, and a Iaspis. In golde shall they be sett in all the rowes, and shal stonde acordinge to y^e twol¦ue names of the children of Israel, grauen of the stonegrauers, euery one with his name acordinge to the twolue trybes.

[ D] And vpon the brestlappe thou shalt ma∣ke wrethen cheynes by y^e corners of pure gol¦de, and two golde rynges, so, that thou fastē the same two rynges vnto two edges of the brestlappe, and put the two wrethē cheynes of golde in the same two rynges, that are in two edges of the brestlappe. But the two endes of y^e two wrethen cheynes shalt thou fasten in the two hokes vpon the ouerbody cote one ouer agaynst another.

And thou shalt make two other rynges of golde, and fasten them vnto y^e other two edges of y^e brestlappe, namely to y^e borders therof, wherwith it maye hange on the yn∣syde vpon the ouerbody cote. And yet shalt thou make two rynges of golde, and fasten them vpon the two edges beneth to the o∣uerbody cote, vpon the outsyde one ouer a∣gaynst anothe, where the ouerbody cote ioy¦neth [ E] together. And the brestlappe shall be fastened by his rynges vnto the rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalow lace, that is maye lye close vpon the ouerbody cote, and that the brestlappe be not lowsed from the ouerbody cote.

Thus shall Aaron beare the names of the children of Israel in y^e brestlappe of iud¦gment vpon his hert, whan he goeth into the Sanctuary, for a remembraunce befo∣re the LORDE allwaye. And in the brestlap¦pe of iudgment thou shalt put * 1.1 light and perfectnesse, that they be vpon Aarōs hert, whan he goeth in before the LORDE, and that he maye beare the iudgment of the chil¦dren of Israel vpon his hert before the LOR∣DE allwaye.

Thou shalt make the tunykle also to the ouerbody cote all of yalow sylke, and abo∣ue in the myddest there shal be an hole, and a bonde folden together rounde aboute the [ F] hole, that it rente not. And beneth vpon the hemme thou shalt make pomgranates of yalow sylke, scarlet, purple rounde aboute, and belles of golde betwixte the same roun∣de aboute: that there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate, a golden bell and a pom¦granate rounde aboute the hemme of the sa¦me tunycle.* 1.2 And Aaron shall haue it vpon him whā he mynistreth, that the soūde ther of maye be herde, whan he goeth out and in at the Sanctuary before the LORDE, that he dye not.

Thou shalt make a foreheade plate also of pure golde, and graue therin (after the workmanshipe of the stone grauer): the holy∣nes of the LORDE, & with a yalow lace shalt thou fasten it vnto the fore front of the my∣ter vpon Aarons foreheade, y^t Aaron maie so beare y^e synne of the holy thinges, which the childrē of Israel halowe in all their gif∣tes and Sanctuary. And it shall be allwaye vpon his fore heade, that he maye reconcyle them before the LORDE.

Thou shalt make an albe also of whyte [ G] sylke, and a myter of whyte sylke, and a gyr∣dle of nedle worke.

And for Aarons sonnes thou shalt make cotes, gyrdles and bonetes, honorable and glorious, and shalt put them vpon thy bro∣ther Aaron and his sonnes, and shalt anoyn¦te them, and fyll their handes, and conse∣crate them, that they maye be my prestes. And thou shalt make them lynnen breches, to couer the flesh of their preuities, from the loynes vnto the thyes. And Aaron and his sonnes shall haue them on, whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse, or go vn∣to the altare to mynister in the Holy, that they beare not their synne, and dye. This

shalbe a perpetual custome for him, and his sede after him.

Notes

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