Feb 12th

It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, that it may be joined.

The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, of the same material: of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the second stone, according to their birth.

As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them all around in filigree settings of gold.

You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for remembrance.

You shall make filigree settings of gold,

and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them a twisted work of cords, and you shall put the chains of cords on the filigree settings.

“You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful designer; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it.

It shall be square, having been folded double, a span in length and a span in width.

You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald;

and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be set in gold settings.

The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name for the twelve tribes.

You shall make on the breastpiece chains of a twisted work of cords in pure gold.

You shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

You shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

You shall put the two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and you shall put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

You shall make two rings of gold and shall place them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod.

You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod.

Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he comes into the holy place, for a remembrance before Yahweh continually.

You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he comes in before Yahweh; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before Yahweh continually.

“You shall make the robe of the ephod entirely of blue.

There shall be an opening at its top in the middle of it; around the edge of its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn.

You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe.

It shall be on Aaron when he ministers; and its sound shall be heard when he comes into the holy place before Yahweh and when he goes out, so that he will not die.

“You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘Holy to Yahweh.’

You shall fasten it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.

It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel set apart as holy, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall continually be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.

“You shall weave the tunic of checkered work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of a weaver.

“For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics; you shall also make sashes for them, and you shall make caps for them, for glory and for beauty.

You shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, that they may minister to Me as priests.

You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs.

They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tent of meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur guilt and die. It shall be a perpetual statute to him and to his seed after him.

“Now this is what you shall do to them to set them apart as holy to minister as priests to Me: take one bull from the herd and two rams without blemish,

and unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

And you shall put them in one basket and bring them near in the basket along with the bull and the two rams.

Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;

and you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.

Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

And you shall bring his sons near and put tunics on them.

You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

“Then you shall bring the bull near before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

You shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and you shall offer them up in smoke on the altar.

But the flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

“You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram;

and you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and splash it around on the altar.

Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head.

You shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to Yahweh: it is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh.

“Then you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

You shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and splash the rest of the blood around on the altar.

Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be set apart as holy, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

Now while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

But the governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”

Pilate *said to them, “Then, what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all *said, “Let Him be crucified!”

And he said, “Why, what evil did He do?” But they were crying out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”

Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”

And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified.

Then when the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

And they spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head.

When they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

And as they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He did not want to drink.

And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots.

And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.

And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

And those passing by were blaspheming Him, shaking their heads

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

“He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

And the robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.