Exodus 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.

Ex 28:13,14,25; Ex 28:21,36; Ex 39:6,13,18; Jer 22:24; Zec 3:9; Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30; 2Ti 2:19; Re 7:2

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.

² tn Or “you will mount them” (NRSV similar).

³ tn Or “rosettes,” shield-like frames for the stones. The Hebrew word means “to plait, checker.”