So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left. ¹ 

(Now Judas ¹  said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, ²  he used to steal what was put into it.) ³ 

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

So each man quickly lowered ¹  his sack to the ground and opened it.

He then set the breastpiece ¹  on him and put the Urim and Thummim ²  into the breastpiece.

He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them.

Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem ¹  who are being besieged. ² 

But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount ¹  – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. ² 

He instructed the servant who was over his household, “Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.

onyx stones, and other gems ¹  for mounting ²  on the ephod and the breastpiece.

When one of them ¹  opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, ²  he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. ³ 

Pack your bags for exile, you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt. ¹  For Memphis will be laid waste. It will lie in ruins ²  and be uninhabited.

To ¹  one he gave five talents, ²  to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’” ¹ 

Sell your possessions ¹  and give to the poor. ²  Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out – a treasure in heaven ³  that never decreases, ⁴  where no thief approaches and no moth ⁵  destroys.

They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted ¹  for the ephod and the breastpiece,

They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;