Exodus 39:1 says, And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.  Aaron, who was to serve as the priest of God for the people of Israel, wore special garments, which were called holy garments.  The garments were called holy because they were made and set aside for God's purpose.  We today, as followers of Christ, were made for God's purpose, as were all people, but we ar3e set aside for God's purpose by our acceptance of Jesus as our Savior and Lord.  Verse two states, And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. This is more of the outfit that Aaron, or anyone serving as high priest was to wear.  We have no special physical garments that we are to wear today, but we do have spiritual armor that we are to wear daily.  Verse three adds, And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.  The ephod had gold interwoven into it.  God expected the people to be willing to give what was valued most to carry out service to Him, just as He expects of us today.  Verse four says, They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.  Shoulder pieces were made to fit the ephod together.  No matter how rich we may be as an individual believer or a church, a body of believers today, we must fit together as God's people to effectively carry out His work in the world.  Then verse five a states,  And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.  The curious girdle was made of the same material and was made to fit together with the ephod.  Once more, this was all done in accordance with God's instructions to Moses.  We today as Christians must make sure that what we are doing is done in accordance with God's plan.  Verse six declares, And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.  The names of the children of Israel, the descendants of the twelve sons of Israel were inscribed on onyx stones and carried by Aaron when he went before God.  This was to represent all the people there coming before God.  We as followers of Christ do not have our names engraved in stones, but we have our names written in the Book of Life.  Verse seven adds, And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.  These engraved stones were to serve as a memorial to the children of Israel.  Verse eight says, And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.  The breastplate was made of the same material by the craftsmen.  These men were given the ability to do this by God, just as we are given the ability to do whatever God calls us to do by God today.  Verse nine adds, It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. Then verse ten adds, And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.  Verse eleven continues, And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.  Verse twelve continues on, And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.  Verse thirteen concludes, And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.  There were four rows of different types of precious stones in the breastplate.  Verse fourteen declares, And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.  There were twelve of these stones, each engraved with the name of one of the children of Israel, who with their descendants were the children of God, His representatives in the world then.  We today, as followers of Christ,  are to be His representatives in the world today, and we have our names written in His Book of Life, as previously stated.