Exodus 28:13

28:13 You are to make filigree settings of gold

Exodus 39:13

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

Exodus 28:20

28:20 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. ¹  They are to be enclosed in gold in their filigree settings.

Exodus 39:6

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 

Exodus 39:16

39:16 and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper ⁴  two ends of the breastpiece.

Exodus 28:11

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; ⁵  you are to have them set ⁶  in gold filigree ⁷  settings.

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¹ sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 375-76) points out that these are the same precious stones mentioned in Ezek 28:13 that were to be found in Eden, the garden of God. So the priest, when making atonement, was to wear the precious gems that were there and symbolized the garden of Eden when man was free from sin.

² tn Or “as seals are engraved.”

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.

⁴ tn Here “upper” has been supplied.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Or “you will mount them” (NRSV similar).

⁷ tn Or “rosettes,” shield-like frames for the stones. The Hebrew word means “to plait, checker.”