13 You were in Eden,(A)
    the garden of God;(B)
every precious stone(C) adorned you:
    carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
    topaz, onyx and jasper,
    lapis lazuli, turquoise(D) and beryl.[a]
Your settings and mountings[b] were made of gold;
    on the day you were created they were prepared.(E)

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  1. Ezekiel 28:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
  2. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

15 You were blameless in your ways
    from the day you were created
    till wickedness was found in you.

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16 “‘Aram[a](A) did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise,(B) purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen,(C) coral(D) and rubies for your merchandise.

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  1. Ezekiel 27:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Edom

11 “Afflicted(A) city, lashed by storms(B) and not comforted,(C)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[a](D)
    your foundations(E) with lapis lazuli.(F)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates(G) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.

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  1. Isaiah 54:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

The Lord will surely comfort(A) Zion(B)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(C)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(D)
    her wastelands(E) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(F) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(G) and the sound of singing.

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Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;(A) and there he put the man he had formed.

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19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.(A) The first foundation was jasper,(B) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,(C) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.[a]

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  1. Revelation 21:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

35 They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden;(A) the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.(B)

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The cedars(A) in the garden of God
    could not rival it,
nor could the junipers
    equal its boughs,
nor could the plane trees(B)
    compare with its branches—
no tree in the garden of God
    could match its beauty.(C)
I made it beautiful
    with abundant branches,
the envy of all the trees of Eden(D)
    in the garden of God.(E)

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32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(A)
will be to the music of timbrels(B) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(C)

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16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;(A)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

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11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(A)
    along with the noise of your harps;(B)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(C) cover you.(D)

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10 Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl; 11 the second row was turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 12 the third row was jacinth, agate and amethyst; 13 the fourth row was topaz, onyx and jasper.[a] They were mounted in gold filigree settings. 14 There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.(A)

15 For the breastpiece they made braided chains of pure gold, like a rope. 16 They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the rings to two of the corners of the breastpiece. 17 They fastened the two gold chains to the rings at the corners of the breastpiece, 18 and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front. 19 They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod. 20 Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod. 21 They tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with blue cord, connecting it to the waistband so that the breastpiece would not swing out from the ephod—as the Lord commanded Moses.

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  1. Exodus 39:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

17 Then mount four rows of precious stones(A) on it. The first row shall be carnelian, chrysolite(B) and beryl; 18 the second row shall be turquoise, lapis lazuli and emerald; 19 the third row shall be jacinth, agate and amethyst; 20 the fourth row shall be topaz, onyx and jasper.[a] Mount them in gold filigree settings.

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  1. Exodus 28:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.

23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(A) to work the ground(B) from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[a] of the Garden of Eden(C) cherubim(D) and a flaming sword(E) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.(F)

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  1. Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front

11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(A) where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[a](B) and onyx are also there.)

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  1. Genesis 2:12 Or good; pearls

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.(A) She held a golden cup(B) in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.(C)

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Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(C) which is in the paradise(D) of God.

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22 “‘The merchants of Sheba(A) and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices(B) and precious stones, and gold.(C)

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13 I will put an end(A) to your noisy songs,(B) and the music of your harps(C) will be heard no more.(D)

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30 “‘Let the sword return to its sheath.(A)
    In the place where you were created,
in the land of your ancestry,(B)
    I will judge you.

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10 Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain(A) of the Jordan toward Zoar(B) was well watered, like the garden of the Lord,(C) like the land of Egypt.(D) (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom(E) and Gomorrah.)(F)

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Before them fire(A) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,(B)
    behind them, a desert waste(C)
    nothing escapes them.

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