Exodus 25:7
in Exodus 25and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
KJV
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
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This verse in Exodus 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseOnyx stones - We have already met with the stone called שהם shoham, Gen 2:12, and acknowledged the difficulty of ascertaining what is meant by it. Some think the onyx, some the sardine, and some the emerald, is meant. We cannot say precisely what it was; possibly it might have been that fine pale pebble, called the Egyptian pebble, several specimens of which now lie before me, which were brought from the coast of the Red Sea, and other parts in Egypt, by a particular friend of mine, on purpose to add to my collection of minerals.
This site's exposition
the offering which ye shall take
on Exodus 25:3-7
The metals are named in an order the whole structure keeps to, gold then silver then brass, and chapter 26 grades them the same way by how far a thing sits from the ark. The gold and the silver came out of Egypt at 12:35 and 12:36, handed over by the people who had held Israel as slaves. Incense occurs here for the first time in Scripture, listed as a raw supply four chapters before the altar it burns on is given at 30:1.
The record, by era
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), all of them things that there would be occasion for in the tabernacle, or the service of it. Some observe that here was gold, silver, and brass, provided, but no iron; that is the military metal, and this was to be a house of peace.
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The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַבְנֵי־ | ʾavnei- | stones of | H68 → | 273 times |
| שֹׁ֕הַם | shoham | onyx | H7718 → | 11 times |
| וְאַבְנֵ֖י | veavnei | and stones of | H68 → | 273 times |
| מִלֻּאִ֑ים | miluim | setting<s> | H4394 → | 15 times |
| לָאֵפֹ֖ד | laefod | for the ephod | H646 → | 49 times |
| וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃ | velachoshen | and for the breastpiece | H2833 → | 25 times |
אַבְנֵי־stones of
ʾavnei-H68 →273 times
שֹׁ֕הַםonyx
shohamH7718 →11 times
וְאַבְנֵ֖יand stones of
veavneiH68 →273 times
מִלֻּאִ֑יםsetting<s>
miluimH4394 →15 times
לָאֵפֹ֖דfor the ephod
laefodH646 →49 times
וְלַחֹֽשֶׁן׃and for the breastpiece
velachoshenH2833 →25 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 28:4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and…
it leads to
- Ephesians 6:14
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
- Revelation 9:17
Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and…
- Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
- Exodus 28:39–40
You are to weave the tunic with fine linen, make the turban of fine linen, and fashion an embroidered sash.
- Ephesians 6:14
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.