Exodus 28:21

Each of the twelve stones will be engraved like a personal seal with the name of one of the twelve Israelite tribes and will represent them.

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In The King James Version

And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

In Context

20In the fourth row topaz, beryl, and jasper. Place these stones in ornamental gold settings.

22Make cords of braided chains from pure gold to attach the breastpiece.

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Cross References

Exodus 24:4Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the following morning and built an altar at the bottom of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Job 19:24or engraved with an iron pen and molten lead in the rock forever.

Luke 22:30so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

Revelation 7:4I was told the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand. Those who were sealed came from every tribe of the children of Israel:

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 →

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