King James Version
Exodus 25:7 in the King James Version says “Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.”
Exodus 25:7 · KJV
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
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“to be set”
H4394a fulfilling (only in plural), i.e., (literally) a setting (of gems), or (technically) consecration (also concretely, a dedicatory sacrifice)
“in the ephod”
H646a girdle; specifically the ephod or highpriest's shoulder-piece; also generally, an image
“and in the breastplate”
H2833perhaps a pocket (as holding the urim and thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
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