Exodus 28:17
And you shall interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, and emerald, the first row.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
16You shall make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth.
18And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.
Cross References
Exodus 28:11It shall be the work of the stone-engraver's art; as the graving of a seal you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel.
Job 28:18Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things.
Proverbs 3:15And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
Isaiah 54:11Afflicted and outcast you have not been comforted: behold, I will prepare carbuncle for your stones, and sapphire for your foundations;
Ezekiel 28:13You were in the delight of the paradise of God; you have bound upon you every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and you have filled your treasures and your stores in you with gold.
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 →