Exodus 28:13

28:13 You are to make filigree settings of gold

Exodus 39:13

39:13 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold filigree settings.

Exodus 28:11

28:11 You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; ¹  you are to have them set ²  in gold filigree ³  settings.

Exodus 28:14

28:14 and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

Exodus 28:25

28:25 the other ⁴  two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them ⁵  to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

Exodus 39:6

39:6 They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal ⁶  with the names of the sons of Israel. ⁷ 

Exodus 39:16

39:16 and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper ⁸  two ends of the breastpiece.

Exodus 39:18

39:18 the other ⁹  two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

[28:11]  ¹ sn Expert stone or gem engravers were used to engrave designs and names in identification seals of various sizes. It was work that skilled artisans did.

[28:11]  ² tn Or “you will mount them” (NRSV similar).

[28:11]  ³ tn Or “rosettes,” shield-like frames for the stones. The Hebrew word means “to plait, checker.”

[28:25]  ¹ tn Here “the other” has been supplied.

[28:25]  ² tn Here “them” has been supplied.

[39:6]  ¹ tn Or “as seals are engraved.”

[39:6]  ² sn The twelve names were those of Israel’s sons. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons as such, but the twelve tribes that bore their names.

[39:16]  ¹ tn Here “upper” has been supplied.

[39:18]  ¹ tn Here “other” has been supplied.