Exodus 28:17
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;
Note The precise identification of some of these gemstones is uncertain.
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.
Note set…: Heb. fill in it fillings of stone
Note sardius: or, ruby
You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
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;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- thou shalt
- Exodus 28:9, 11; Exodus 39:10–21; Malachi 3:17
- set in it settings of stones
- Heb. fill in its fillings ofstone. the first row.
- Ezekiel 28:13; Revelation 21:19–21
- a sardius, or, ruby
- The Hebrew {odem,} from {adam,} to be red, ruddy, seems to denote the ruby; as {adam} does in Persian a beautiful gem, of a fine deep red colour, with a mixture of purple.
- Job 28:18; Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 31:10; Lamentations 4:7
- Exodus 28:17
- a topaz.{Pitdah,} is constantly rendered by the LXX. [topazion,] and Vulgate, {topazius,} with which agrees Josephus. The topaz is a precious stone, of a pale, dead green, with a mixture of yellow, sometimes of a fine yellow; and hence called chrysolyte by the moderns, from its gold colour.
- Job 28:19; Revelation 21:20; Isaiah 54:11, 12