Exodus 28:17
And thou shalt set in it four rows of stones: in the first row shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16It shall be foursquare and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth.
18In the second a carbuncle, a sapphire and a jasper.
Cross References
Exodus 28:11With the work of an engraver and the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about:
Job 28:18High and eminent things shall not be mentioned in comparison of it: but wisdom is drawn out of secret places.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than all riches : and all the things that are desired, are not to be compared with her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Isaiah 54:11O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,
Ezekiel 28:13Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone teas thy covering: the sardius, the topaz, and the jasper, the chrysolite, and the onyx, and the beryl, the sapphire, and the carbuncle, and the emerald: gold the work of thy beauty: and thy pipes were prepared in the day that thou wast created.
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 →