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Exodus 28:9

Israel

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.

And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

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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.

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BSB
Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
KJV
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
WEB
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel.
ASV
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
DARBY
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
BLB
And you shall take two onyx stones and you shall engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
ÅB
Og du skal ta to onykssteiner, og på dem skal du inngrave navnene på Israels barn,
OTB
“Velg ut to onykssteiner og gravér dem med navnene på Israels sønner,
B1930
Og du skal ta to onyksstener, og på dem skal du inngrave navnene på Israels barn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 28:13

    Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

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  • Job 28:16

    It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:7

    Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

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  • Isaiah 49:16

    Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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  • Exodus 39:6

    And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

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  • Song of Solomon 8:6

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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  • Genesis 2:12

    And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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  • Exodus 28:20

    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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