Exodus 28:10
in Exodus 28six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.
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ASV
six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth.
KJV
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
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This verse in Exodus 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The ephod was fastened by a girdle of the same costly materials, that is, dyed, embroidered, and wrought with threads of gold. It was about a handbreadth wide and wound twice round the upper part of the waist; it fastened in front, the ends hanging down at great length (Re 1:13).
This site's exposition
take two onyx stones, and grave on them
on Exodus 28:9-12
Two onyx stones carry the twelve names, six to a stone, ordered according to their birth. Aaron wears them on his shoulders, which is where a load is carried, and the text calls them stones of memorial. Matthew Henry and Sir Robert Anderson read the shoulders here and the heart at verse 29 together as a figure of Christ carrying his people, and Hebrews 9:11-12 speaks of the high priest entering the holy place once for all.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
BonaventureCollations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 8 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
As a symbol of this, the High Priest had two stones on his ephod: one on the right side and the other on the left. And on these were written the twelve names of the sons of Israel: six names on one stone and six …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Six of their names on one stone,....
Though the people were forbidden to come near, and obliged to keep their distance, yet by the high priest, who had their names on his breast-plate, they entered into the holiest; so believers, even while they are here on this earth, not only enter into the holiest, but by faith are made to sit with Christ in heavenly places, Eph. ii.
Righteousness is the girdle of his loins ( Isa. xi. 6 ), and should be of ours, Eph. vi. He is girt with strength for the work of our salvation, and is ready for it.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁשָּׁה֙ | shishah | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מִשְּׁמֹתָ֔ם | mishemotam | of names their | H8034 → | 864 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | [will be] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאֶ֣בֶן | haeven | the stone | H68 → | 273 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ת | haechat | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמ֞וֹת | shemot | [the] names of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הַשִּׁשָּׁ֧ה | hashishah | the six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים | hanotarim | which remain over | H3498 → | 106 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [will be] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאֶ֥בֶן | haeven | the stone | H68 → | 273 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית | hashenit | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| כְּתוֹלְדֹתָֽם׃ | ketoldotam | according to genealogies their | H8435 → | 39 times |
שִׁשָּׁה֙six
shishahH8337 →216 times
מִשְּׁמֹתָ֔םof names their
mishemotamH8034 →864 times
עַ֖ל[will be] on
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
הָאֶ֣בֶןthe stone
haevenH68 →273 times
הָאֶחָ֑ת<the> one
haechatH259 →971 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁמ֞וֹת[the] names of
shemotH8034 →864 times
הַשִּׁשָּׁ֧הthe six
hashishahH8337 →216 times
הַנּוֹתָרִ֛יםwhich remain over
hanotarimH3498 →106 times
עַל־[will be] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאֶ֥בֶןthe stone
haevenH68 →273 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית<the> second
hashenitH8145 →156 times
כְּתוֹלְדֹתָֽם׃according to genealogies their
ketoldotamH8435 →39 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 8; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.