Exodus 28:9
And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
In Context
10six names on one stone, and the remaining six on the other, according to the order of their birth.
Cross References
Exodus 25:7onyx stones and gems to adorn the ephod as well as the breastplate.
Exodus 28:36And you shall make a plate of the purest gold, in which you shall engrave, with the skill of a sculptor, ‘Holy to the Lord.’
Exodus 39:6He also prepared two onyx stones, set and enclosed in gold, and engraved with the skill of a jeweler, with the names of the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability, I have prepared the expenses for the house of my God: gold for items of gold, and silver for those of silver, brass for those of brass, iron for those of iron, and wood for those of wood, and stones of onyx, and stones like alabaster, and stones of diverse colors, and every kind of precious stone, and marble from Paros in great abundance.
Job 28:16It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire.
Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have engraved you on my hands. Your walls are always before my eyes.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:7-15
6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 Six of… Read the whole commentary →