Exodus 39:8-21
Exod 25:7, Exod 28:4, Exod 28:13-29; Lev 8:8-9; Ps 89:28; Isa 59:17; Eph 6:14 the first row Exod 28:16-17, Exod 28:21; Rev 21:19-21 sardius or, ruby a diamond Exod 28:18; Ezek 28:13; The word yahalom may mean the diamond, from halam, to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid substance never debased with any admixture of other matter; susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely calcinable by any degree of fire; and of one simple and permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflections. a ligure Leshem, the ligure, the same as the jacinth, or hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny say it resembles the carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire. an agate Shevo, the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone, quartz, amethyst, opal, etc.; joined irregularly or in layers. It is of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so variously figured in its substance as to represent plants, trees, animals, and other objects. an amethyst Achlamah, an amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep red; and according as either prevails, affording different tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes even fading to a pale rose colour. a beryl Tarshish, a pellucid gem, of a sea or blueish green colour. a jasper Yaspeh, the jasper, a hard stone, of which there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green, red, yellow, brown, black, etc. Rev 21:12 chains at the ends Exod 28:14; 2Chr 3:5; Song 1:10; John 10:28, John 17:12; 1Pet 1:5; Jude 1:1 gold rings Exod 25:12 two wreathen Exod 28:14; Song 1:10 ephod Exod 39:2 coupling Exod 26:3 as the Lord Matt 16:24; 1Cor 1:25, 1Cor 1:27
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