Exodus 28:17
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
18and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;
Cross References
Exodus 28:11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.
Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Ezekiel 28:13thou wast in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the smaragd, and gold; the workmanship of thy settings and of thy sockets was in thee, in the day that thou wast created they were 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 →