10 Six names of them upon the one stone, and the six names that remain, upon the second stone, according to [a]their generations.

11 Thou shalt cause to grave the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel, by a graver of signets that worketh and graveth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in gold.

12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones of [b]remembrance of the children of Israel: for Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a remembrance.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 28:10 As they were in age, so should they be graven in order.
  2. Exodus 28:12 That Aaron might remember the Israelites to Godward.

10 in the order of their birth—six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other. 11 Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings 12 and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders(A) as a memorial(B) before the Lord.

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