⁶ He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.

¹⁸ The wall was made of jasper,^(A) and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.^{(B) 19} The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.^(C) The first foundation was jasper,^(D) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,^(E) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.^{[a] 21} The twelve gates^(F) were twelve pearls,^(G) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.^(H)

⁸ Anyone who had precious stones^(A) gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.^(B)

² With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold^(A) for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,^[a](B) stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.^(C)