'Names' in the Bible
These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt -- each man with his household entered with Jacob:
Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi's life was 137 years.)
"Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods -- do not let them be heard on your lips.
"You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,
six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.
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; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings.
You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for a memorial.
The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal.
Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.
They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.
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