onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate.
Parallel translations
- WEB onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
- KJV And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- BSB and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- NASB and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
- NLT onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest’s chestpiece.
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Onyx and other precious stones are to be brought for the high priest's ephod and breastplate.
Overview
These gemstones would be set in the priestly garments, with engraved stones bearing the names of Israel's tribes. The high priest thus carried the people before God in worship. This pictures Christ our great High Priest, who bears His people on His heart and represents them before the Father (Hebrews 7:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 25:5rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
- Exod 28:17–21You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
- Exod 28:9You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exod 39:6–14They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
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