Exodus 28:17
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald the first row;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
18and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond;
Cross References
Exodus 28:11According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.
Job 28:18Corals and crystal are no more remembered; yea, the acquisition of wisdom is above rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
Isaiah 54:11[Thou] afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;
Ezekiel 28:13thou wast in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the emerald, and gold. The workmanship of thy tambours and of thy pipes was in thee: in the day that thou wast created were they prepared.
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 →