Exodus 25:7
Shoham stone, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the Choshen (Breastplate).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
In Context
6Shemen for the light, spices for shemen hamishchah (anointing oil) and aromatic ketoret (incense),
8And let them make Me a Mikdash; that I may dwell among them.
Cross References
Exodus 28:4And these are HaBegadim which they shall make: a Choshen, and an Ephod, and a Me'il, and a Kesones of a box-like knitting work, a Mitznefet, and an Avnet; and they shall make Bigdei Kodesh for Aharon thy brother, and his Banim, that he may minister unto Me in the kohenʼs office.
Exodus 28:9And thou shalt take two avnei shoham (onyx stones), and engrave on them the Shemot of the Bnei Yisroel:
Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:2-10
The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for… Read the whole commentary →