Exodus 28:17

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Exodus 28:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

16 It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

17 And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

18 in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

19 in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

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Exodus 28:9

Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:

Exodus 28:11

Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings.

Exodus 39:10

And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Exodus 39:11

the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Exodus 39:12

the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

Exodus 39:13

and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

Exodus 39:14

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Exodus 39:15

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

Exodus 39:16

They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Exodus 39:17

Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

Exodus 39:18

and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

Exodus 39:19

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

Exodus 39:20

They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.

Exodus 39:21

Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Malachi 3:17

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

Revelation 21:19

The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

Revelation 21:20

the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Revelation 21:21

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

Job 28:18

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 8:11

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

Proverbs 20:15

There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.

Proverbs 31:10

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

Lamentations 4:7

Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

Job 28:19

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Isaiah 54:11

“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Isaiah 54:12

I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.