KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 28:17
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
WEB World English Bible
You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thou hast set in it settings of stone, four rows of stone; a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle is the first row;
Surrounding context — Exodus 28
14 And two chains [of] pure gold at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15 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.
16 Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.
17 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.
18 And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּמִלֵּאתָ֥H4390 · ma.leto fillבוֹ֙H9033 · ohimמִלֻּ֣אַתH4396 · mil.lu.ahsettingאֶ֔בֶןH68 · e.venstoneאַרְבָּעָ֖הH702 · ar.bafourטוּרִ֣יםH2905 · turrowאָ֑בֶןH68 · e.venstoneט֗וּרH2905 · turrowאֹ֤דֶםH124 · o.demsardiusפִּטְדָה֙H6357 · pit.dahtopazוּבָרֶ֔קֶתH1304 · ba.re.qetgemהַטּ֖וּרH2905 · turrowהָאֶחָֽד׃H259 · e.chadone
Cross-references
Exodus 39:10-21And they set in it four rows of stones: [the first] row [was] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this [was] the first row.Ezekiel 28:13Thou 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.Proverbs 8:11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.Revelation 21:19-21And 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;Job 28:18-19No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.Exodus 28:9And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:Proverbs 3:15She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.Isaiah 54:11-12O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.Lamentations 4:7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing [was] of sapphire:Malachi 3:17And 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.Exodus 28:11With 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.
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