Exodus 28:15-29
the breastplate Exod 28:4, Exod 28:30, Exod 39:8; Lev 8:8 after Exod 28:6, Exod 26:1 thou shalt Exod 28:9, Exod 28:11, Exod 39:10-21; Mal 3:17 set in it settings of stones Heb. fill in its fillings of stone the first row Ezek 28:13; Rev 21:19-21 a sardius or, ruby, The Hebrew odem, from adam, to be red, ruddy, seems to denote the ruby; as adam does in Persian a beautiful gem, of a fine deep red colour, with a mixture of purple. Job 28:18; Prov 3:15, Prov 8:11, Prov 20:15, Prov 31:10; Lam 4:7 a topaz Pitdah, is constantly rendered by the LXX τοπαζιον, and Vulgate, topazius, with which agrees Josephus. The topaz is a precious stone, of a pale, dead green, with a mixture of yellow, sometimes of a fine yellow; and hence called chrysolyte by the moderns, from its gold colour. Job 28:19; Rev 21:20 a carbuncle Bareketh, from barak, to lighten, glitter, a very elegant gem, of a deep red colour, with a mixture of scarlet. Isa 54:11-12 emerald Nophech, an emerald, the same with the ancient smaragdus; one of the most beautiful of all the gems, and of a bright green colour, without any mixture. Exod 39:11; Ezek 27:16 sapphire Exod 24:10; Job 28:6, Job 28:16; Song 5:14; Ezek 1:26, Ezek 10:1; Rev 4:3 diamond Jer 17:1; Ezek 28:13 a ligure Exod 39:12 an agate Isa 54:12 a beryl Ezek 1:16, Ezek 10:9; Dan 10:6; Rev 21:20 an onyx Exod 28:9 a jasper Rev 4:3, Rev 21:11, Rev 21:18-20 enclosings Heb. fillings, Exod 28:13 twelve Exod 28:9-11 according to the twelve 1Kgs 18:31; Luke 22:30; Jas 1:1; Rev 7:4-8, Rev 21:12 Exod 28:14 Exod 25:11-15 wreathen chains Exod 28:14, Exod 39:15 on the shoulder pieces Exod 28:7 of the ephod Exod 39:4 the curious girdle Exod 28:8 a lace Exod 28:31, Exod 28:37, Exod 39:30-31; Num 15:38 in the Exod 28:15, Exod 28:30 upon Exod 28:12; Jer 30:21; Rom 10:1 a Song 8:6; Isa 49:15-16
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