Exodus 28:17
And you have set settings of stone in it, four rows of stone: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle [is] the first row;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.
18and the second row [is] emerald, sapphire, and diamond;
Cross References
Exodus 28:11the work of an engraver of stone, [as] engravings of a signet—you engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones; encompassing, you make them [with] filigrees of gold.
Job 28:18Corals and pearl are not remembered, || The acquisition of wisdom [is] above rubies.
Proverbs 3:15She [is] precious above rubies, || And all your pleasures are not comparable to her.
Proverbs 20:15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, || Indeed, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, || Behold, I am laying your stones with cement, || And have founded you with sapphires,
Ezekiel 28:13You have been in Eden, the garden of God, || Every precious stone [was] your covering, || Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, || Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, || The workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes, || In you in the day of your being produced, have been 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 →