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Exodus 28:21 KJV
Exodus · chapter 28 · verse 21
And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.Exodus 28:21 · King James Version
Exodus 28:21 in context
19And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
20And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- engravingspittûwachsculptureH6603 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- stonesʼebena stoneH68 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- twelveshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
- twelveʻâsârtenH6240 →
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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 doubled, it was a span square, Exo 28:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-30