'Engraved' in the Bible

The 12 stones are to correspond to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone must be engraved like a seal, with one of the names of the 12 tribes.

"You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: "Holiness to the Lord."

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.

Then they mounted the onyx stones surrounded with gold filigree settings, engraved with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal.

The 12 stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the 12 tribes.