"And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children o…" — Exodus 39:6

Exodus 39:6 · KJV

“And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.”

— Exodus 39:6

Verse 5

And the curious girdle of his ephod, that {was} upon it, {was} of the same, according to the work thereof; {of} gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Verse 7

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, {that they should be} stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 39 — Context

They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple {it} together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, {that they should be} stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he made the breastplate {of} cunning work, like the work of the ephod; {of} gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Cross References

Exodus 28:9

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

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.

Exodus 25:7

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

Exodus 35:9

And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.