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Exodus 39:14

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Engraving;   Ephod;   Priest;   Seal;   Stones;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   Engraving;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Breastplate;   Precious Stones;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Urim and Thummin;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - New Jerusalem;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Breastplate;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Writing;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cloth, Clothing;   Engrave;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Breastplate (1);   Leviticus;   Mediator, Mediation;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Breastplate, High Priest's;   Engraving;   Ephod;   Ouches;   Scarlet;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ouches;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priest, High;   Ring;   Seal;   Writing;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Breastplate of the high priest;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Engraving and Engravers;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The stones were according to the names of the children of Yisra'el, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
King James Version
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
Lexham English Bible
And the stones were according to the names of the Israelites; they were twelve according to their names, with seal engravings, each according to its name for the twelve tribes.
New Century Version
and the names of the sons of Israel were carved on these twelve jewels as a person carves a seal. Each jewel had the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
New English Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve [in all], corresponding to their names, engraved like a signet, each with its name, for the twelve tribes.
New American Standard Bible
The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, euen twelue after their names, grauen like signets euery one after his name according to the twelue tribes.
Legacy Standard Bible
The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.
Contemporary English Version
and on each of them was engraved the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
The stones corresponded to the names of the twelve sons of Isra'el; they were engraved with their names as a seal would be engraved, each name representing one of the twelve tribes.
Darby Translation
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Easy-to-Read Version
There were twelve jewels on the judgment pouch—one jewel for each of the sons of Israel. Each stone had the name of one of the sons of Israel carved onto it, like a seal.
English Standard Version
There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
George Lamsa Translation
And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved like the engravings of signets, everyone with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
Good News Translation
Each of the twelve stones had engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, in order to represent the twelve tribes of Israel.
Literal Translation
And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve according to their names, the engravings of a signet, each according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the stones stode after the twolue names of the children of Israel, grauen by the stone grauer, euery one with his name, acordinge to the twolue trybes.
American Standard Version
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Bible in Basic English
There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the twelue stones were grauen as signets, with the names of the children of Israel, euery stone with his name, accordyng to the twelue tribes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
King James Version (1611)
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelue according to their names, like the ingrauings of a signet, euery one with his name, according to the twelue tribes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts;
English Revised Version
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Berean Standard Bible
The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And tho twelue stonys weren grauyn with twelue names, of the lynage of Israel, alle stonys bi hem silf, bi the names of alle lynagis bi hem silf.
Young's Literal Translation
And the stones, according to the names of the sons of Israel, are twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Update Bible Version
And the stones were according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
World English Bible
The stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
New King James Version
There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.
New Living Translation
Each stone represented one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe was engraved on it like a seal.
New Life Bible
Each of the twelve stones had written on it the name of one of the sons of Israel. Each name spoke of one of the twelve family groups.
New Revised Standard
There were twelve stones with names corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And as for the stones, after the names of the sons of Israel, they were twelve, after their names, - with the engravings of a seal-ring, each one, after his name, for the twelve tribes,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the twelve stones, were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with its several name.
Revised Standard Version
There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel; they were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

Contextual Overview

1They made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, and the holy garments for Aaron from the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 2Bezalel made the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. 3They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he cut threads from them to interweave with the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and the fine linen in a skillful design. 4They made shoulder pieces for attaching it; it was joined together at its two edges. 5The artistically woven waistband that was on the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 6Then 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. 7He fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 8He also made the embroidered breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. 9They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide. 10They mounted four rows of gemstones on it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Revelation 21:12

Reciprocal: James 1:1 - to

Cross-References

Genesis 10:21
And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.
Genesis 14:13
One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.
Genesis 39:7
After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Genesis 39:14
she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.
Genesis 39:17
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,
Genesis 39:18
but when I screamed for help, he left his garment beside me and ran outside.”
Genesis 39:19
When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious
Genesis 40:15
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”
Psalms 35:11
Malicious witnesses come forward;they question me about things I do not know.
Psalms 55:3
because of the enemy’s words,because of the pressure of the wicked.For they bring down disaster on meand harass me in anger.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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