9. Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.
10. And he set four rows of precious stones in it. In the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and emerald.
11. In the second, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper.
12. In the third, a ligurius, an agate, and an amethyst.
13. In the fourth, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, set and enclosed in gold by their rows.
14. And the twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with its several name.
15. They made also in the rational little chains linked one to another of the purest gold,
16. And two hooks, and as many rings of gold. And they set the rings on either side of the rational,
17. On which rings the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod.
18. These both before and behind so answered one another, that the ephod and the rational were bound together,