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Exodus 39:10-14

They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row; and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings. The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

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He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double. They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row; and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings. The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes. They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold. They made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front. They made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. They made two more rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod underneath, in its front, close by its coupling, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

    and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

    and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

    and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold settings.

    The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

    And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.

    And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

    And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

    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.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd was the first row.

    And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.

    And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst.

    And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were inclosed in fittings of gold in their settings.

    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 according to his name, for the twelve tribes.

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Cross-references (6)

  • Revelation 21:12 (v14) having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the…
  • Exodus 28:16-17 (v10) It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width. You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows…
  • Exodus 28:18 (v11) and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
  • Exodus 28:21 (v10) The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet,…
  • Ezekiel 28:13 (v11) You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise,…
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  • Revelation 21:19-21 (v10) The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire;…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv12, 14 Or, a ligure, which stone authors write that it…

Or, a ligure, which stone authors write that it cometh of the urine of the beast called Lynx.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v10 Verse 10. And they set in it four rows…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv10, 14 10–13. The names of several of the stones are…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v10 Vers. 10-13. On the probable stones intended, see the…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv10, 14 General Information:
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