Exodus 28:9 · KJV
“And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:”
— Exodus 28:9
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. {curious: or, embroidered}
Six of their names on one stone, and {the other} six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Exodus 28 — Context
It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and {so} it shall be joined together.
8And 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. {curious: or, embroidered}
9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
10Six of their names on one stone, and {the other} six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
11With 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.
Cross References
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}
Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is} cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which hath a} most vehement flame. {cruel: Heb. hard}
Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. {inclosings: Heb. fillings}
Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of {my} hands; thy walls {are} continually before me.
Exodus 28:36
And thou shalt make a plate {of} pure gold, and grave upon it, {like} the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus 39:13
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: {they were} inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that {are} with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. {to grave: Heb. to grave gravings}
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