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Exodus 39:6-16 Modern English Version (MEV)

6. They set the onyx stones enclosed in gold filigree settings; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.

7. And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, to be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

8. He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

9. It was square. They made the breastplate folded double, a span long and a span wide when doubled.

10. They set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

11. the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

12. the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

13. and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in settings of gold filigree.

14. The stones were corresponding to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, corresponding to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each with its name, corresponding to the twelve tribes.

15. They made on the breastplate braided chains like cords of pure gold.

16. They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

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