Exodus 39:13
Context39:13 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold filigree settings.
Exodus 28:11
Context28:11 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 39:6
Context39:6 They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal 4 with the names of the sons of Israel. 5


[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.”
[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.