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Exodus 39:13

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

Exodus 28:11

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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 39:6

Context

39:6 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 

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[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.



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