And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
- BSB and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
- NKJV and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.
- NASB and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
- NLT The fourth row will contain a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones will be set in gold filigree.
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Quick answer
The fourth row held a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper, completing the twelve stones, all enclosed in gold settings. The full set represented all Israel over the priest's heart.
Overview
With this row the breastplate displayed all twelve tribes in precious, gold-mounted stones. The completeness signified that no part of God's people was left out before him. This anticipates the full and final gathering of God's people, pictured in the jeweled foundations of the heavenly city.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 21:18–20And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
- Dan 10:6His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
- Rev 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Ezek 1:16The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
- Rev 4:3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Ezek 10:9And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
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