Exodus 28:9
And you shall take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Updated King James Version
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And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
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Exodus 25:7Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
Exodus 28:36And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus 39:6And they wrought onyx stones enclosed in casings of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, flashing stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Job 28:16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have graven you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:7-15
6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 Six of… Read the whole commentary →