[105] “And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod _of gold_, _of blue_, and _of purple_, _of scarlet_, and _fine twined linen_, with _cunning work_. It shall have the two shoulder-pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. And thou shalt make ouches of gold; and two chains of pure gold at the ends; of _wreathen work_ shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. And thou shalt make the breast-plate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod shalt thou make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen shalt thou make it.”--Ex. xxviii. 5-15. [106] “The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.”--Ps. xlv. 13. [107] Od. τ. 225-235. Pisander, who probably lived at the same period with Homer, speaks of the Lydians as wearing tunics adorned with gold. Lydus, who has preserved this expression of the ancient cyclic poet, observes that the Lydians were supplied with gold from the sands of the Pactolus and the Hermus[108]. [108] De Magistratibus Rom. L. iii. § 64. Virgil also represents the use of gold in weaving, as if it had existed in Trojan times. One of the garments so adorned was made by Dido, the Sidonian, another by Andromache, and a third was in the possession of Anchises[109]. In all these instances the reference is to the habits of Phœnice, Lycia, or other parts of Asia. [109] Æin. iii. 483.; iv. 264.; viii. 167.; xi. 75. Among all the Asiatics, none were more remarkable than the Persians for the display of textures of gold, as well as every other kind of luxury in dress. A tiara interwoven with gold was one of the presents which Xerxes gave as an expression of his gratitude to the citizens of Abdera (_Herod._ viii. 120.). The Indians also employed the same kind of ornament (_Strabo_, L. xv. _c._ i. § 69.); and the Periegesis (_l._ 881.) of Priscian attributes the use of it to the Arabians[110].