Exodus 28:9
And you have taken the two shoham stones, and have engraved the names of the sons of Israel on them;
Literal 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 25:7shoham stones, and stones for setting for an ephod, and for a breastplate.
Exodus 28:36And you have made a flower of pure gold, and have engraved engravings of a signet on it: Holy to YHWH;
Exodus 39:6And they prepare the shoham stones, set [with] filigrees of gold, engraved with engravings of a signet—the names of the sons of Israel on [them];
1 Chronicles 29:2and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for [things of] gold, and the silver for [things of] silver, and the bronze for [things of] bronze, the iron for [things of] iron, and the wood for [things of] wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colors, and all [kinds of] precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.
Job 28:16It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, || With precious onyx and sapphire,
Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have carved you on the palms of the hand, || Your 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 →