Verse 17

Mount on it a setting of stones, four rows of stones: the first row shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 28:13 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond; beryl, onyx, and jasper; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald; and gold. The workmanship of your settings and mountings was prepared for you on the day you were created.
  • Mal 3:17 : 17 They will be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, on the day when I act. I will spare them as a father spares his son who serves him.
  • Rev 21:19-21 : 19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.
  • Exod 28:9 : 9 Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel.
  • Exod 28:11 : 11 Engrave the two stones with the work of a gem cutter, as one would engrave a seal. Mount them in gold filigree settings.
  • Exod 39:10-21 : 10 They mounted four rows of stones on it: the first row was a ruby, topaz, and emerald. 11 The second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond. 12 The third row was a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. 13 The fourth row was a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were mounted in gold filigree settings. 14 The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve stones for their twelve names, each engraved like a seal with its name to represent the twelve tribes. 15 They made chains of pure gold, like braided cords, for the breastpiece. 16 They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and attached the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece. 17 They fastened the two gold braided chains to the two rings at the corners of the breastpiece. 18 They attached the two ends of the braided chains to the two gold settings and fastened them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. 19 They made two gold rings and attached them to the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge that faces the ephod. 20 They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near its seam above the waistband of the ephod. 21 They tied the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would rest above the ephod’s waistband and not come loose from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Job 28:18-19 : 18 Coral and jasper are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is above pearls. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
  • Prov 3:15 : 15 She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire compares with her.
  • Prov 8:11 : 11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is gold and an abundance of jewels, but lips of knowledge are a precious treasure.
  • Prov 31:10 : 10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
  • Isa 54:11-12 : 11 O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted! Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires. 12 I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling stones, and all your borders of precious stones.
  • Lam 4:7 : 7 Her nobles were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their appearance like sapphires.