Exodus 28:9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Exodus 28:9 in other translations
| BSB | Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel: |
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| WEB | You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel. |
| ASV | And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: |
| YLT | ‘And thou hast taken the two shoham stones, and hast opened on them the names of the sons of Israel; |
| DARBY | And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: |
| BBE | You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut: |
| Webster | And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: |
What does Exodus 28:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 28:6-14
6-14. ephod--It was a very gorgeous robe made of byssus, curiously embroidered, and dyed with variegated colors, and further enriched with golden tissue, the threads of gold being either originally interwoven or afterwards inserted by the embroiderer. It was short--reaching from the breast to a little below the loins--and though destitute of sleeves, retained its position by the support of straps thrown over each…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 28:6-14
This richly-wrought ephod was the outmost garment of the high priest; plain linen ephods were worn by the inferior priests. It was a short coat without sleeves, fastened close to the body with a girdle. The shoulder-pieces were buttoned together with precious stones set in gold, one on each shoulder, on which were engraven the names of the children of Israel. Thus Christ, our High Priest, presents his people before…
Exodus 28:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 28:9
- Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
- Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- 2 Chronicles 2:7
Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
- Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
- Exodus 39:6
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
- Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- Exodus 28:36
And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Exodus 39:13
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
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Context
- Exodus 28:8
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
- Exodus 28:9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:10
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Exodus 28:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tomarás dos piedras oniquinas, y grabarás en ellas los nombres de los hijos de Israel: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – Et tu prendras deux pierres d’onyx, et tu graveras sur elles les noms des fils d’Israël: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst zwei Onyxsteine nehmen und die Namen der Söhne Israels darauf stechen: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sumesque duos lapides onychinos, et sculpes in eis nomina filiorum Israël: |