Exodus 39:10
in Exodus 39And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;
KJV
And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
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This verse in Exodus 39
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
he made the breastplate of cunning work
on Exodus 39:8-14
The breastplate carries the same names a second time, twelve stones in four rows, each engraved like a signet, and Exodus 28:29 says Aaron bears them upon his heart when he goes into the holy place. It is a span square and made double, so it forms a pouch. The making account never mentions the Urim and the Thummim that Exodus 28:30 puts inside it, and Leviticus 8:8 is where Moses sets them in. Adam Clarke holds that several of these stones can no longer be identified with confidence and sends the reader back to Exodus 28:17.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And they set in it four rows of stones - See all these precious stones particularly explained in the notes on Exo 28:17 (note), etc.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְמַלְאוּ־ | vaymalu- | and they filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| ב֔וֹ | vo | in <the> it | ||
| אַרְבָּעָ֖ה | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| ט֣וּרֵי | turei | rows of | H2905 → | 26 times |
| אָ֑בֶן | ʾaven | stone[s] | H68 → | 273 times |
| ט֗וּר | tur | [was] a row of | H2905 → | 26 times |
| אֹ֤דֶם | ʾodem | a ruby | H124 → | |
| פִּטְדָה֙ | pitdah | a topaz | H6357 → | |
| וּבָרֶ֔קֶת | uvareket | and a beryl | H1304 → | |
| הַטּ֖וּר | hatur | the row | H2905 → | 26 times |
| הָאֶחָֽד׃ | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
וַיְמַלְאוּ־and they filled
vaymalu-H4390 →249 times
ב֔וֹin <the> it
vo
אַרְבָּעָ֖הfour
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
ט֣וּרֵיrows of
tureiH2905 →26 times
אָ֑בֶןstone[s]
ʾavenH68 →273 times
ט֗וּר[was] a row of
turH2905 →26 times
אֹ֤דֶםa ruby
ʾodemH124 →
פִּטְדָה֙a topaz
pitdahH6357 →
וּבָרֶ֔קֶתand a beryl
uvareketH1304 →
הַטּ֖וּרthe row
haturH2905 →26 times
הָאֶחָֽד׃<the> one
haechadH259 →971 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 28:21The twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
it leads to
- Revelation 7:4–8
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- Revelation 21:12
The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
- James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
- Luke 22:30
so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
- Revelation 7:4–8
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.