and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.

You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Moses Makes New Tablets

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.

and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.

They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

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.

then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city.

Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

“If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,

And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.

“Say to the people of Israel, Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.