Exodus 28:17
And thou shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16It shall be foursquare [and] double, a span shall be the length of it, and a span the breadth of it.
18and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond,
Cross References
Exodus 28:11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, thou shall engrave the two stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel. Thou shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Ezekiel 28:13Thou were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold. The workmanship of t
Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:16-31
Aaron's Attire. ( b. c. 1491.) 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… Read the whole commentary →