Exodus 28:9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and shalt grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 other six on the other, according to the order of their birth.
Cross References
Exodus 25:7Onyx stones, and precious stones to adorn the ephod and the rational.
Exodus 28:36Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord.
Exodus 39:6He prepared also two onyx stones, fast set and closed in gold, and graven by the art of a lapidary, with the names of the children of Israel:
1 Chronicles 29:2And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses for the house of my God. Gold for vessels of gold, and silver for vessels of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, and stones like alabaster, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble of Paros in great abundance.
Job 28:16It shall not be compared with the dyed colours of India, or with the most precious stone sardonyx, or the sapphire.
Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy 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 →