Genesis 24:47
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47 When I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ she answered, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, borne to Nahor by Milcah.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
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Genesis 24:53
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53 Then he brought out objects of silver and gold and clothing and presented them to Rebekah; he also gave costly presents to her brother and mother.
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Genesis 35:4
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4 They gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their possession and also the rings they had in their ears[a] and Jacob buried them under the oak that is near Shechem.
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- 35:4 Rings…their ears: the earrings may have belonged to the gods because earrings were often placed on statues.
Exodus 3:22
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22 Every woman will ask her neighbor and the resident alien in her house for silver and gold articles[a] and for clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.
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- 3:22 Articles: probably jewelry.
Exodus 12:35
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35 (A)And the Israelites did as Moses had commanded: they asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
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Exodus 32:3
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3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.
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Exodus 35:22
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22 Both the men and the women, all as their heart prompted them, brought brooches, earrings, rings, necklaces, and various other gold articles.(A) Everyone who could presented an offering of gold to the Lord.
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Numbers 31:50
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50 [a]So, we have brought as an offering to the Lord articles of gold that each of us has picked up—anklets, bracelets, rings, earrings, or pendants—to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord.”
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- 31:50 The precise nature and use of some of these articles of gold is not certain.
Isaiah 3:18
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18 [a]On that day the Lord will do away with the finery of the anklets, sunbursts, and crescents;
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- 3:18–23 The long list of women’s apparel in these verses suggests luxury and vanity; it contains a number of rare words, and the precise meaning of many of the terms is uncertain.
Isaiah 3:21
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21 the signet rings, and the nose rings;
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Hosea 2:15
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15 I will punish her for the days of the Baals,[a]
for whom she burnt incense,
When she decked herself out with her rings and her jewelry,
and went after her lovers—
but me she forgot—oracle of the Lord.(A)
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