Exodus 28:9-30
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You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
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six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.
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As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.
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And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And i Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders j for remembrance.
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You shall make settings of gold filigree,
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and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.
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k "You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it - of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it.
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It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth.
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l You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
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and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
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and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold filigree.
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There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
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You shall make for the breastpiece twisted chains like cords, of pure gold.
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And you shall make for the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two edges of the breastpiece.
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And you shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the edges of the breastpiece.
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The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.
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You shall make two rings of gold, and put them at the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inside edge next to the ephod.
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And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the m skillfully woven band of the ephod.
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And they shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, so that it may lie on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece shall not come loose from the ephod.
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n So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular o remembrance before the Lord.
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And in the breastpiece of judgment p you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:29 - 30
So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the Lord.
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Cross References
Numbers 16:40
To be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company - as the Lord said to him through Moses.
Joshua 4:7
Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.
Zechariah 6:14
And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as a reminder to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:15 - 28
You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it - of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it.
Exodus 39:8 - 21
He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.
Revelation 21:19 - 20
The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:8
And the skillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:12
And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.
Exodus 28:30
And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:12
And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.
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Cross References
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