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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • KJV King James Version

    And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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Cross-references (10)

Passages linked to Exodus 28:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Ezekiel 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.
  • Genesis 2:12 and the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are also there.
  • Exodus 28:20 and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
  • Exodus 28:36 “You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’
  • Exodus 39:6 They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
  • Exodus 39:13 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.
  • 2 Chronicles 2:7 “Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
  • Job 28:16 It can’t be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
  • Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
  • Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones,…

Exo 28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

Ver. 9. Two onyx stones.] These signified Christ’s perpetual love to his people, and how precious they be to him.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall take two onyx stones,.... called from…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Two onyx stones] See Clarke on Ex…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Onyx. Septuagint, emeralds. (Calmet) --- Hebrew shoham, which the…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9-12. Two onyx stones — Hebrews, stones of shoham.…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9–12. Two onyx stones, enclosed in filigree settings of…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Two onyx stones.—The shôham of the Hebrews has…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Two onyx stones. The correctness of this rendering has…

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