Exodus 28:16-17

28:16 It is to be square ¹  when ²  doubled, nine inches ³  long and nine inches wide. 28:17 You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl – the first row;

Exodus 28:21

28:21 The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of ⁴  their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like ⁵  the engravings of a seal.

Revelation 21:19-21

21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated ⁶  with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, ⁷  the fourth emerald, 21:20 the fifth onyx, ⁸  the sixth carnelian, ⁹  the seventh chrysolite, ¹⁰  the eighth beryl, ¹¹  the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, ¹²  the eleventh jacinth, ¹³  and the twelfth amethyst. 21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The ¹⁴  main street ¹⁵  of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

¹ tn Heb “four.”

² tn “when” is added for clarification (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 375).

³ tn The word זֶרֶת (zeret) is half a cubit; it is often translated “span.”

⁴ tn For clarity the words “the number of” have been supplied.

⁵ tn The phrase translated “the engravings of a seal” is an adverbial accusative of manner here.

⁶ tn The perfect participle here has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect.

⁷ sn Agate (also called chalcedony) is a semiprecious stone usually milky or gray in color (L&N 2.32).

⁸ sn Onyx (also called sardonyx) is a semiprecious stone that comes in various colors (L&N 2.35).

⁹ sn Carnelian is a semiprecious gemstone, usually red in color (L&N 2.36).

¹⁰ sn Chrysolite refers to either quartz or topaz, golden yellow in color (L&N 2.37).

¹¹ sn Beryl is a semiprecious stone, usually blue-green or green in color (L&N 2.38).

¹² sn Chrysoprase is a greenish type of quartz (L&N 2.40).

¹³ sn Jacinth is a semiprecious stone, probably blue in color (also called “hyacinth,” but that translation is not used here because of possible confusion with the flower of the same name). See L&N 2.41.

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁵ tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).