6And 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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And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
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.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-31)In this account of the making of the priests’ garments, according to the instructions given (ch. 28), we may observe, 1. That the priests’ garments are called here clothes of service , Exod. 39:1. Note, Those that wear robes of honour must look upon them as clothes of service; for from those upon whom honour is put service is expected. It is said of those that are arrayed in white robes that they…
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