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CHIEF OF THE TABERNACLE. 341
of gold, blue, puiple, scarlet, and fine linen thread, em-
broidered richly, and covering the shoulders, by shoulder
pieces that unite the back and front parts, which are
separate. On each shoulder of it is an agate, set in
gold, and each having upon it six names of the tribes,
according to precedence of birth. This Ephod has
(strings, that go out from each side, and tie to the body.
He also wears the breastplate or gorget, ten inches
square, of the same sort of cloth as the Ephod, doubled
so as to form a kind of pouch, to hold the Aurim and
Themim. On its outside are twelve precious stones, in
four rows, as they are named in Exodus xviii. 17-20;
on each side of which is engraved the name of one of
the tribes. This is fastened to the front of the Ephod
by means of dark blue ribbons, tied in four rings of
gold at the comers of the breastplate, and four that
meet them on the ephod itself. The rings at the upper
corners are on the inside of the breastplate, but those
below are outside. There are also two other rings of
gold, larger, at the upper corners, on the outside, from
which cords of twisted gold-thread reach and fasten to
the ao-ates on the shoulders. And it is further fastened
by a sash or girdle, of the same stuff as itself, to which
the lower side is attached, and which is tied in front of the
body, and hangs down to the lower edge of the Ephod.
The TJrim or Aurim, and Thummim or Themim, car-
ried in the pouch or breastplate, are small images of
sapphire (or blue stone), of Re and Thmei, Light and
Truth, in a sitting posture, each holding the tau cross.
The bonnet is a turban of fine white linen, circular,
covering half the head, something like a crown, of thick
linen swathes doubled round many times, and sewed
together, surrounded by a linen cover, to hide the seams
of the swathes. The mitre of the High-Priest is this