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Onyx
Onyx is the name of a precious stone used to translate the Hebrew word shoham. It first appears as a stone found in the land of Havilah near Eden, and it was used on the high priest's ephod as the stone engraved with the names of the sons of Israel.
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- PishonBible
The Pishon is the first of the four rivers formed when the river that watered the Garden of Eden divided, as described in Genesis 2. Scripture records that it flows around the land of Havilah, where gold, bdellium, and onyx are found.
- EphodBible
The ephod was a vest-like outer garment worn by the high priest in the Old Testament. Priests also wore a linen ephod, and the ephod served as a means of inquiring of God's will.
Verses in the King James Version 12, showing 6
- Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- Exodus 25:7
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:9
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- Exodus 35:9
And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:27
And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
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