Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Exodus 28:17

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.

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;

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
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;
KJV
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 row.
WEB
You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
ASV
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
DARBY
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones four rows of stones: [one] row, a sardoin, a topaz, and an emerald the first row;
BLB
And you shall fill in it fillings of stone, four rows of stone: a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald [are] the first row;
ÅB
Og du skal sette på den fire rader med innfattede steiner. I en rad skal det være en karneol, en topas og en smaragd; det er den første rad.
OTB
Monter fire rader med edelstener på den. Den første raden skal være rubin, topas og smaragd;
B1930
Og du skal sette på den fire rader med innfattede stener. I en rad skal det være en karneol, en topas og en smaragd; det er den første rad.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

    Read in context

  • Exodus 39:10–21

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

    Read in context

  • Revelation 21:19–21

    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,

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 8:11

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

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 31:10

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

    Read in context

  • 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.

    Read in context

  • Job 28:18–19

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

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 54:11–12

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

    Read in context