35:27 The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted 1 for the ephod and the breastpiece,
39:6 They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal 2 with the names of the sons of Israel. 3
[35:27] 1 tn Heb “and stones of the filling.”
[39:6] 2 tn Or “as seals are engraved.”
[39:6] 3 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.
