Exodus 28:17

And thou shalt set in it settings of even (stone), four rows of gemstones: the first row shall be an odem, a pitdah, and bareket: this shall be the first row.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 row.

In Context

16Ravu'a (foursquare, square) it shall be folded; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the width thereof.

18And the second row shall be nofech, sapphire, and yahalom.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:11With the work of a charash even (engraver in gemstones), like the engravings of a chotam (signet ring), shalt thou engrave the two avanim with the Shemot Bnei Yisroel; thou shalt make them to be set in mishbetzot zahav (filigrees of gold).

Job 28:18Nor shall mention be made of coral or crystal, 1 for the price of chochmah is above pearls. 1

Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than peninim (pearls); 1 and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 1

Proverbs 20:15There is zahav, and a multitude of rubies, 1 but the sfatayim (lips) of da'as are a precious jewel. 1

Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted one, tempest-tossed and unconsoled, 1 hinei, I will lay thy stones of glistening colors, 1 and lay thy yesod (foundation, i.e., figuratively of post-Exilic Jerusalemʼs foundation) with sapphires. 1

Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast been in Eden, Gan Elohim; 1 every even yekarah (precious stone) was thy covering, 1 the ruby, topaz, and the diamond, 1 the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, 1 the sapphire, the turquoise, and the emerald, and zahav; 1 the workmanship of thy hand drums and of thy wind instruments 1 was prepared in thee 1 in the day that thou wast created. 1

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 →

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