Exodus 28:17
Then thou shalt set it full of places for stones, euen foure rowes of stones: the order shalbe this, a rubie, a topaze, and a carbuncle in the first rowe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
16Foure square it shall be and double, an hand bredth long and an hand bredth broade.
18And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamonde.
Cross References
Exodus 28:11Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde.
Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles.
Proverbs 3:15It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
Proverbs 20:15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
Isaiah 54:11O thou afflicted and tossed with tempest, that hast no comfort, beholde, I wil lay thy stones with the carbuncle, and lay thy foundation with saphirs,
Ezekiel 28:13Thou hast ben in Eden the garden of God: euery precious stone was in thy garment, the rubie, the topaze and the diamonde, the chrysolite, the onix, and the iasper, the saphir, emeraude, and the carbuncle and golde: the woorkemanship of thy timbrels, and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast 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 →