Thematic Bible: Shoulders of, joined by onyx stones engraved with names of the twelve tribes of israel


Thematic Bible



It is to have two bands stitched to it at the top of the arms, joining it together.

You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut: Six names on the one stone and six on the other, in the order of their birth. With the work of a jeweller, like the cutting of a stamp, the names of the children of Israel are to be cut on them, and they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold. read more.
And the two stones are to be placed on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel: Aaron will have their names on his arms when he goes in before the Lord, to keep the Lord in mind of them.

And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.

Then 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. These he put on the ephod, over the arm-holes, to be stones of memory for the children of Israel, as the Lord had said to Moses.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain