Exodus 39 · Verse 6

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.
Exodus 39:6, King James Version

Exodus 39:6 in other translations

BSBThey mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
WEBThey worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
ASVAnd they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
YLTAnd they prepare the shoham stones, set, embroidered with gold, opened with openings of a signet, by the names of the sons of Israel;
DARBYAnd they wrought the onyx stones mounted in enclosures of gold, engraved with the engravings of a seal, according to the names of the sons of Israel.
BBEThen they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.
WebsterAnd they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.

What does Exodus 39:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Onyx stones - Possibly the Egyptian pebble. See Exo 25:7, and Exo 28:17, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 39:1-31

The priests' garments were rich and splendid. The church in its infancy was thus taught by shadows of good things to come; but the substance is Christ, and the grace of the gospel. Christ is our great High Priest. When he undertook the work of our redemption, he put on the clothes of service, he arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, girded himself with resolution to go through the undertaking…

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Exodus 39:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Suand they preparedH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אַבְנֵ֣י'av.Nei[the] stones ofH68
הַשֹּׁ֔הַםha.Sho.hamthe onyxH7718
מֻֽסַבֹּ֖תmu.sa.BotsurroundedH5437
מִשְׁבְּצֹ֣תmish.be.Tzotfiligree settings ofH4865
זָהָ֑בza.HavgoldH2091
מְפֻתָּחֹת֙me.fu.ta.ChotengravedH6605
פִּתּוּחֵ֣יpi.tu.Chei[the] engravings ofH6603
חוֹתָ֔םcho.Tama sealH2368
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שְׁמ֖וֹתshe.Mot[the] names ofH8034
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Exodus 39:6

  • Exodus 28:9

    And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

  • 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.

  • Exodus 25:7

    Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

  • Exodus 35:9

    And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
onyx stones.The meaning of the word {shoham} is not easily determined. It has been variously rendered a beryl, emerald, prasius, sapphire, sardius, ruby, carnelian, onyx, and sardonyx. It may signify both the onyx and sardonyx. The latter stone is a mixture of the chalcedony and carnelian, sometimes in strata, and at other times blended together, and is found striped with white and red strata, or layers. It is generally allowed that there is no real difference, except in hardness, between the carnelian, chalcedony, agate, sardonyx, and onyx. The onyx is of a darkish horny colour, resembling the nail or hoof, from which circumstance it has its name [(onyx).] It has often a plate of a blueish white or red in it, and when on one or both sides of this white there appears a plate of a reddish colour, the jewellers call the stone a sardonyx.
25:7; 28:9; 35:9; Job 28:16; Eze 28:13
ouches.{Mishbetzoth,} strait places, sockets, to insert the stones in, from {shavatz,} to straiten, enclose.

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Context

  • Exodus 39:5

    And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 39:7

    And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Exodus 39:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y labraron las piedras oniquinas cercadas de engastes de oro, grabadas de grabadura de sello con los nombres de los hijos de Israel:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et ils firent les pierres d’onyx, enchâssées dans des chatons d’or, gravées en gravure de cachet d’après les noms des fils d’Israël;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie machten die Onyxsteine, umgeben mit Einfassungen von Gold, gestochen in Siegelstecherei, nach den Namen der Söhne Israels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Paravit et duos lapides onychinos, astrictos et inclusos auro, et sculptos arte gemmaria nominibus filiorum Israël: