Exodus 28:20
and the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper,—enclosed with gold, shall they be when they are set.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19and the third row an opal, an agate, and an amethyst;
Cross References
Ezekiel 1:16The appearance of the wheels and of their structure was like a Tarshish-stone to look upon, and they four had one likeness,—and their appearance and their structure were just as would be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
Daniel 10:6whose body, was like Tarshish-stone, and, his face, like the appearance of lightning, and, his eyes, were like torches of fire, and, his arms and his feet, like the look of bronze burnished,—and, the sound of his words, was like the sound of a multitude.
Revelation 21:11having the glory of God,—her lustre, like unto a stone most precious, as a jasper stone, shining as crystal;
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 →