Exodus 28:12

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You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial.

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  • Exod 28:29 : 29 Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
  • Josh 4:7 : 7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
  • Exod 39:6-7 : 6 They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. 7 He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Lev 24:7 : 7 You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the LORD.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his company– just as the LORD had spoken by the authority of Moses.
  • Num 31:54 : 54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
  • Gen 9:12-17 : 12 And God said,“This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations: 13 I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things. 16 When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth.” 17 So God said to Noah,“This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things that are on the earth.”
  • Exod 12:14 : 14 This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the LORD– you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.
  • Exod 13:9 : 9 It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
  • Exod 28:7 : 7 It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together.
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said:“I have placed a young hero over a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!
  • Zech 6:13-14 : 13 Indeed, he will build the temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything. 14 The crown will then be turned over to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
  • Luke 1:54 : 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,
  • Luke 1:72 : 72 He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant–
  • Acts 10:4 : 4 Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied,“What is it, Lord?” The angel said to him,“Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God.
  • Heb 7:25-28 : 25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 39:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

    7He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 28:7-11
    5 verses
    85%

    7It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together.

    8The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

    9“You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

    10six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.

    11You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings.

  • Exod 28:20-30
    11 verses
    84%

    20and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They are to be enclosed in gold in their filigree settings.

    21The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal.

    22“You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold,

    23and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

    24You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

    25the other two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

    26You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod.

    27You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

    28They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod.

    29Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

    30“You are to put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of decision; and they are to be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Aaron is to bear the decisions of the Israelites over his heart before the LORD continually.

  • Exod 39:14
    76%

    14The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.

  • Exod 28:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36“You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved:“Holiness to the LORD.”

    37You are to attach to it a blue cord so that it will be on the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban.

    38It will be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the LORD.

  • Exod 28:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13You are to make filigree settings of gold

    14and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

    15“You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

  • Exod 25:7
    73%

    7onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.

  • Exod 39:16-21
    6 verses
    73%

    16and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

    17They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

    18the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

    19They made two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod.

    20They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

    21They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it was above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 35:9
    72%

    9onyx stones, and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece.

  • Exod 35:27
    71%

    27The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted for the ephod and the breastpiece,

  • Exod 29:5
    70%

    5and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband.

  • Lev 8:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band.

    8He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece.

  • Exod 29:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunics

    9and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

  • Exod 29:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.

    28It is to belong to Aaron and to his sons from the Israelites, by a perpetual ordinance, for it is a contribution. It is to be a contribution from the Israelites from their peace offerings, their contribution to the LORD.

  • Exod 29:19
    70%

    19“You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,

  • Num 27:20
    69%

    20Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

  • Exod 28:41
    69%

    41“You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Exod 28:4
    69%

    4Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests.

  • Num 18:1
    68%

    1Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

  • Exod 30:4
    68%

    4You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with.

  • Exod 28:43
    68%

    43These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they bear no iniquity and die. It is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.

  • Josh 4:5
    68%

    5Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.

  • Exod 28:17
    68%

    17You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl– the first row;