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The Ephod

Exodus 39:6

In 11 translations

BSB
They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
KJV
¶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
WEB
They 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.
ASV
And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
LSV
And they prepare the shoham stones, set [with] filigrees of gold, engraved with engravings of a signet—the names of the sons of Israel on [them];
YLT
And they prepare the shoham stones, set, embroidered [with] gold, opened with openings of a signet, by the names of the sons of Israel;
DBY
And they wrought the onyx stones mounted in enclosures of gold, engraved with the engravings of a seal, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
DRC
He prepared also two onyx stones, fast set and closed in gold, and graven by the art of a lapidary, with the names of the children of Israel:
GNV
And they wrought two Onix stones closed in ouches of golde, and graued, as signets are grauen, with the names of the children of Israel,
JPS
And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
LXXE36:13
and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;

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WLC
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשֹּׁ֔הַם מֻֽסַבֹּ֖ת מִשְׁבְּצֹ֣ת זָהָ֑ב מְפֻתָּחֹת֙ פִּתּוּחֵ֣י חוֹתָ֔ם עַל־שְׁמ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
LXX-Br36:13
καὶ ἐποίησαν ἀμφοτέρους τοὺς λίθους τῆς σμαράγδου συνπεπορπημένους καὶ περισεσιαλωμένους χρυσίῳ, γεγλυμμένους καὶ ἐκκεκολαμμένους ἐγκόλαμμα σφραγίδος ἐκ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·

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  • Exodus 28:9Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
  • Job 28:16It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
  • Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold,…
  • Exodus 35:9and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
  • Exodus 25:7and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

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  • 36:13 in some Bibles
  • 39:6 in most Bibles

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