And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
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Gill's Exposition
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names,.... And just so many are reckoned up in the preceding verses, each of which had one or other of the…
(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to…
The most considerable of the ornaments of the high priest was this breast-plate, a rich piece of cloth, curiously wrought with gold and purple, etc., two spans long and a span broad, so that, being…
Cambridge Bible
a beryl Heb. tarshish, χρυσόλιθος (Rev 21:10), chrysolithus: Eze 1:16; Eze 10:9; Eze 28:13; Son 5:14; Dan 10:6. The name tarshishapparently points to its being obtained from Tarshish (Tartessus) in…
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