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Exodus 28:9

And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

KJV

Sumesque duos lapides onychinos, et sculpes in eis nomina filiorum Israël :

Vulgate

καὶ λήμψῃ τοὺς δύο λίθους, λίθους σμαράγδου, καὶ γλύψεις ἐν αὐτοῖς τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·

LXX

And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

ASV

וְ/לָ֣קַחְתָּ֔ אֶת שְׁתֵּ֖י אַבְנֵי שֹׁ֑הַם וּ/פִתַּחְתָּ֣ עֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם שְׁמ֖וֹת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שֹׁ֖הַם
shhm
noun · 11×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 35:9 — And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
  • Exod 39:6 — And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
  • Ezek 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
  • Song 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.