8. The breastpiece was embroidered like the ephod, with gold thread and violet, purple, and scarlet yarn on cloth of fine linen twined.
9. It was square and folded double, a span high and a span wide in its folded form.
10. Four rows of precious stones were mounted on it: in the first row a carnelian, a topaz, and an emerald;
11. in the second row, a garnet, a sapphire, and a beryl;
12. in the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
13. in the fourth row a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were mounted in gold filigree work.
14. These stones were twelve, to match the names of the sons of Israel, and each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.