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39:8 He made <06213> the breastpiece <02833>, the work <04639> of an artistic designer <02803>, in the same fashion <04639> as the ephod <0646>, of gold <02091>, blue <08504>, purple <0713>, and <08438> scarlet <08144>, and fine <08336> twisted <07806> linen <08336>. 39:9 It was <01961> square <07251>– they made <06213> the breastpiece <02833> doubled <03717>, nine inches <02239> long <0753> and nine inches <02239> wide <07341> when doubled <03717>. 39:10 They set <04390> on it four <0702> rows <02905> of stones <068>: a row <02905> with a ruby <0124>, a topaz <06357>, and a beryl <01304>– the first <0259> row <02905>; 39:11 and the second <08145> row <02905>, a turquoise <05306>, a sapphire <05601>, and an emerald <03095>; 39:12 and the third <07992> row <02905>, a jacinth <03958>, an agate <07618>, and an amethyst <0306>; 39:13 and the fourth <07243> row <02905>, a chrysolite <08658>, an onyx <07718>, and a jasper <03471>. They were enclosed <04142> in gold <02091> filigree <04865> settings <04396>. 39:14 The stones <068> were for <05921> the names <08034> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478>, twelve <06240> <08147>, corresponding <05921> to the number of their names <08034>. Each <0376> name <08034> corresponding <05921> to one of the twelve <06240> <08147> tribes <07626> was like the engravings <06603> of a seal <02368>. 39:15 They made <06213> for <05921> the breastpiece <02833> braided <04639> <01383> chains <08333> like cords <05688> of pure <02889> gold <02091>, 39:16 and they made <06213> two <08147> gold <02091> filigree settings <04865> and two <08147> gold <02091> rings <02885>, and they attached <05414> the two <08147> rings <02885> to the upper <05921> two <08147> ends <07098> of the breastpiece <02833>. 39:17 They attached <05414> the two <08147> gold <02091> chains <05688> to <05921> the two <08147> rings <02885> at <05921> the ends <07098> of the breastpiece <02833>; 39:18 the other two <08147> ends <07098> of the two <08147> chains <05688> they attached <05414> to <05921> the two <08147> settings <04865>, and they attached <05414> them to <05921> the shoulder pieces <03802> of the ephod <0646> at <0413> the front <06440> <04136> of it. 39:19 They made <06213> two <08147> rings <02885> of gold <02091> and put <07760> them on <05921> the other two <08147> ends <07098> of the breastpiece <02833> on <05921> its edge <08193>, which <0834> is on <0413> the inner <01004> side <05676> of the ephod <0646>. 39:20 They made <06213> two <08147> more gold <02091> rings <02885> and attached <05414> them to the bottom <04295> of the two <08147> shoulder pieces <03802> on the front <06440> <04136> of the ephod <0646>, close to <05980> the juncture <04225> above <04605> the waistband <02805> of the ephod <0646>. 39:21 They tied <07405> the breastpiece <02833> by its rings <02885> to <0413> the rings <02885> of the ephod <0646> by blue <08504> cord <06616>, so that it was <01961> above <05921> the waistband <02805> of the ephod <0646>, so that the breastpiece <02833> would not <03808> be loose <02118> from <05921> the ephod <0646>, just <0834> as the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> Moses <04872>.

• Exo 39:8-21 -- The Breastpiece of Decision

• Breastplate

  [ebd] (1.) That piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. This word is used figuratively in Eph. 6:14 and Isa. 59:17. (See ARMOUR.) (2.) An ornament covering the breast of the high priest, first mentioned in Ex. 25:7. It ...
  [nave] BREASTPLATE 1. For high priest, Ex. 25:7. Directions for the making of, Ex. 28:15-30. Made by Bezaleel, Ex. 39:8, 21. Freewill offering of materials for, Ex. 35:9, 27. Worn by Aaron, Ex. 29:5; Lev. 8:8. 2. Armor for sol...
  

• Ephod

  [nave] EPHOD 1. A sacred vestment worn by the high priest. Described, Ex. 28:6-14, 31-35; 25:7. Making of, Ex. 39:2-26. Breastplate attached to, Ex. 28:22-29. Worn by Aaron, Ex. 39:5. Used as an oracle, 1 Sam. 23:9, 12; 30:7, 8...
  

• Colors

  [nave] COLORS Symbolical uses of. Black A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity. Job 3:5; Job 10:20-22; Job 30:26; Psa. 107:10, 11; Psa. 143:3; Isa. 5:30; Isa. 8:22; Isa. 9:19; Isa. 24:11; Isa. 50:3; Joel 2:6, 10; Joel 3:14, 15; Amos...
  

• Gold

  [nave] GOLD Exported from Havilah, Gen. 2:11, 12. From Ophir, 1 Kin. 9:28; 10:11; 1 Chr. 29:4; 2 Chr. 8:18; Job 22:24; Tarshish, 1 Kin. 22:48; Parvaim, 2 Chr. 3:6; Sheba, 1 Kin. 10:10; 2 Chr. 9:9; Psa. 72:15; Uphaz, Jer. 10:9. Re...
  

• Tabernacle

  [ebd] (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth"). (3.) The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Priest

  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• PRIEST, HIGH

  [isbe] PRIEST, HIGH - (ha-kohen, ho hiereus; ha-kohen ha-mashiach, ho hiereus ho christos; ha-kohen ha-gadhol, ho hiereus ho megas; kohen ha-ro'sh, ho hiereus hegoumenos; New Testament archiereus): I. INSTITUTION OF THE HIGH-PRIEST...
  

• Engraving

  [nave] ENGRAVING In making idols, Ex. 32:4. On the stones set in the priest's breastplate, Ex. 28:9-11, 21, 36; 39:8-14; in the priest's girdle, Ex. 39:6; in the priest's crown, Ex. 39:30.
  

• Stones

  [nave] STONES Commandments engraved upon, Ex. 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; Deut. 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3. The law of Moses written upon, Josh. 8:32. Houses built of, Isa. 9:10; Amos 5:11. Temple built of, 1 Kin. 5:17, 18; 7:9-12; Ma...
  

• TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE

  [isbe] TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE - I. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AN ISRAELITISH CODE II. THE PROMULGATON OF THE DECALOGUE III. ANALYSIS OF THE DECALOGUE WITH BRIEF EXEGETICAL NOTES 1. How Numbered 2. How Grouped 3. Original Form 4. Brief Ex...
  

• STONES, PRECIOUS

  [isbe] STONES, PRECIOUS - || 1. Ancient and Modern Names 2. Change of Signification of Names 3. Three Important Lists of Stones 4. Interpretation of Greek Names Used by John 5. Interpretation of Hebrew Names 6. Greek and Latin Equi...
  

• Ligure

  [ebd] (Heb. leshem) occurs only in Ex. 28:19 and 39:12, as the name of a stone in the third row on the high priest's breastplate. Some have supposed that this stone was the same as the jacinth (q.v.), others that it was the opal. ...
  [isbe] LIGURE - lig'-ur (Ex 28:19; 39:12 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "jacinth"). See STONES, PRECIOUS.
  [smith] (Heb. leshem), a precious stone mentioned in (Exodus 28:19; 39:12) as the first in the third row of the high priest?s breastplate. It is impossible to say, with any certainty, what stone is denoted by the Hebrew term; but per...
  [nave] LIGURE, a precious stone, Ex. 28:19; 39:12.
  

• Carbuncle

  [ebd] (Ex. 28:17; 39:10; Ezek. 28:13). Heb. barkath; LXX. smaragdos; Vulgate, smaragdus; Revised Version, marg., "emerald." The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to glitter," "lighten," "flash." When held up to the sun, this gem...
  [smith] This word represents two Hebrew words. The first may he a general term to denote any bright,sparkling gem , (Isaiah 54:12) the second, (Exodus 28:17; 39:10; Ezekiel 28:13) is supposed to be and smaragdus or emerald.
  [nave] CARBUNCLE A precious stone, Isa. 54:12; Ezek. 28:13. One of the precious stones set in breastplate, Ex. 28:17; 39:10.
  

• Amethyst

  [ebd] one of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), and in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:20). The ancients thought that this stone had the power of dispelling drunkenness in al...
  [smith] (Heb. achlamah) a subspecies of quartz of a bluish-violet color. Mention is made of this precious stone, which formed the third in the third row of the high priestly breastplate, in (Exodus 28:19; 39:12) It occurs also in (Re...
  [nave] AMETHYST, a precious stone, Ex. 28:19; 39:12; Rev. 21:20.
  

• Diamond

  [ebd] (1.) A precious gem (Heb. yahalom', in allusion to its hardness), otherwise unknown, the sixth, i.e., the third in the second row, in the breastplate of the high priest, with the name of Naphtali engraven on it (Ex. 28:18; 3...
  [smith] (Heb. yahalom), a gem crystallized carbon, the most valued and brilliant of precious stones, remarkable for its hardness, the third precious stone in the second row on the breastplate of the high priest, (Exodus 28:18; 39:11)...
  [nave] DIAMOND, one of the jewels in the breastplate, Ex. 28:18; 39:11; Jer. 17:1; Ezek. 28:13.
  

• OUCHES

  [isbe] OUCHES - ouch'-ez, -iz (mishbetsoth (Ex 28:11,13,14,25; 39:6,13,16,18) the American Standard Revised Version "settings," but in Ex 39:13, "inclosings"): The secondary meaning of this now archaic word is the gold or silver se...
  

• EMERALD

  [ebd] Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone", probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name...
  [smith] a precious stone of a rich green color, upon which its value chiefly depends. This gem was the first in the second row on the breastplate of the high priest. (Exodus 28:18; 39:11) It was imported to Tyre from Syria, (Ezekiel ...
  

• Chain

  [ebd] (1.) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); and one was promised to Daniel (5:7). It is used as a symbol of sovereignty (Ezek. 16:11). The breast-plate of the high-prie...
  

• Beryl

  [ebd] the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word tarshish, a precious stone; probably so called as being brought from Tarshish. It was one of the stones on the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. 28:20; R.V. marg.,...
  [nave] BERYL A precious stone, Song 5:14; Ezek. 1:16; 10:9. Set in the breastplate, Ex. 28:20; 39:13. John saw, in the foundation of the new Jerusalem, Rev. 21:20.
  

• The Garments

  

The Structure of the Tabernacle

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