Exodus 28:17 · KJV
“And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, {even} four rows of stones: {the first} row {shall be} a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: {this shall be} the first row. {set...: Heb. fill in it fillings of stone} {sardius: or, ruby}”
— Exodus 28:17
Foursquare it shall be {being} doubled; a span {shall be} the length thereof, and a span {shall be} the breadth thereof.
And the second row {shall be} an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
Exodus 28 — Context
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; {of} gold, {of} blue, and {of} purple, and {of} scarlet, and {of} fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16Foursquare it shall be {being} doubled; a span {shall be} the length thereof, and a span {shall be} the breadth thereof.
17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, {even} four rows of stones: {the first} row {shall be} a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: {this shall be} the first row. {set...: Heb. fill in it fillings of stone} {sardius: or, ruby}
18And the second row {shall be} an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Cross References
Exodus 39:10-21
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. {sardius: or, ruby}
Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone {was} thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. {sardius: or, ruby} {beryl: or, chrysolite} {emerald: or, chrysoprase}
Revelation 21:19-21
And the foundations of the wall of the city {were} garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation {was} jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom {is} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Exodus 28:9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Malachi 3:17
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. {jewels: or, special treasure}
Exodus 28:11
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.
Job 28:18-19
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom {is} above rubies. {coral: or, Ramoth}
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