Exodus 28:17
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
16Four-square shall it be, double; a span in length, and a span in breadth.
18And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond.
Cross References
Exodus 28:11With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engraving of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel; fitted in settings of gold shalt thou make them.
Job 28:18Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls.
Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than pearls; and all the things thou valuest are not equal unto her.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.
Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed by the tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Ezekiel 28:13In 'Eden the garden of God didst thou abide; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; thy tabrets and thy flutes of artificial workmanship were prepared in thee on the day 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 →