Exodus 28:9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
American Standard 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
Cross References
Exodus 25:7onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Exodus 28:36And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.
Exodus 39:6And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
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 →