13 the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.[a] They were mounted in gold filigree settings. 14 There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.(A)

15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 39:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.

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