Each of these twelve stones is to have engraved on it the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent the tribes of Israel.

"Make an ornament of pure gold and engrave on it 'Dedicated to the LORD.'

The LORD said to King Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, "As surely as I am the living God, even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off

I am placing in front of Joshua a single stone with seven facets. I will engrave an inscription on it, and in a single day I will take away the sin of this land.

And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.

And do not make God's Holy Spirit sad; for the Spirit is God's mark of ownership on you, a guarantee that the Day will come when God will set you free.

But the solid foundation that God has laid cannot be shaken; and on it are written these words: "The Lord knows those who are his" and "Those who say that they belong to the Lord must turn away from wrongdoing."

And I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom God had given the power to damage the earth and the sea.

Make two gold settings

and two chains of pure gold twisted like cords, and attach them to the settings.

Fasten the other two ends of the cords to the two settings, and in this way attach them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod.

They prepared the carnelians and mounted them in gold settings; they were skillfully engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.

and in the fourth row, a beryl, a carnelian, and a jasper. These were mounted in gold settings.

and fastened the other two ends of the cords to the two settings and in this way attached them in front to the shoulder straps of the ephod.