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8 And he will make the breast-plate a skilful work, as the work of the ephod; gold, cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus. 9 It was four-square; they made the breast-plate double: a span its length, and a span its breadth; double. 10 And they will fill in it four rows of stone: a row, a ruby, a topaz and an emerald, the one row. 11 And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an onyx. 12 The third row, amber, agate and amethyst. 13 The fourth row, chrysolite, sardonyx, and jasper: surrounded in textures of gold in their fillings in. 14 And the stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; they are twelve according to their names, the engravings of a seal each, according to his name for the twelve tribes. Exodus 39:8-14, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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