Exo 24:10, 28:17-20, 39:10-14, Song 5:14, Eze 1:26, 10:1 | TSK | STEP | saw. of a sapphire stone.The Hebrew {sappir,} is without doubt the sapphire; which is a most beautiful precious stone of a fine blue colour, second only to the diamond in lustre, hardness, and value. The ancient oriental sapphire is supposed to have been the same as the lapis lazuli. It glitters with golden spots; and is of an azure or sky-blue colour, but rarely intermixed with purple. The ruby and topaz are considered of the same genus. in his clearness.

Exodus 24:10

saw.

10; 3:6; 33:20,23; Ge 32:30; Jud 13:21,22; 1Ki 22:19; Isa 6:1-5

Eze 1:28; Joh 1:18; 14:9; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jo 4:12

of a sapphire stone.The Hebrew {sappir,} is without doubt the sapphire; which is a most beautiful precious stone of a fine blue colour, second only to the diamond in lustre, hardness, and value. The ancient oriental sapphire is supposed to have been the same as the lapis lazuli. It glitters with golden spots; and is of an azure or sky-blue colour, but rarely intermixed with purple. The ruby and topaz are considered of the same genus.

Eze 1:26,27; 10:1; Re 4:3; 21:19-23

in his clearness.

So 6:10; Mt 17:2; Re 1:16; 21:11,18

Exodus 28:17-20

thou shalt.

9,11; 39:10-21; Mal 3:17

set in it settings of stones. Heb. fill in its fillings ofstone. the first row.

Eze 28:13; Re 21:19-21

a sardius, or, ruby.The Hebrew {odem,} from {adam,} to be red, ruddy, seems to denote the ruby; as {adam} does in Persian a beautiful gem, of a fine deep red colour, with a mixture of purple.

Job 28:18; Pr 3:15; 8:11; 20:15; 31:10; La 4:7

a topaz.{Pitdah,} is constantly rendered by the LXX. [topazion,] and Vulgate, {topazius,} with which agrees Josephus. The topaz is a precious stone, of a pale, dead green, with a mixture of yellow, sometimes of a fine yellow; and hence called chrysolyte by the moderns, from its gold colour.

Job 28:19; Re 21:20

a carbuncle.{Bareketh,} from {barak,} to lighten, glitter, a very elegant gem, of a deep red colour, with a mixture of scarlet.

Isa 54:11,12

emerald.{Nophech,} an emerald, the same with the ancient {smaragdus;} one of the most beautiful of all the gems, and of a bright green colour, without any mixture.

39:11; Eze 27:16

sapphire.

24:10; Job 28:6,16; So 5:14; Eze 1:26; 10:1; Re 4:3

diamond.

Jer 17:1; Eze 28:13

a ligure.

39:12

an agate.

Isa 54:12

a beryl.

Eze 1:16; 10:9; Da 10:6; Re 21:20

an onyx. See on ver.

a jasper.

Re 4:3; 21:11,18-20

inclosings. Heb. fillings.

Exodus 39:10-14

the first row.

28:16,17,21; Re 21:19-21

sardius. or, ruby.

a diamond.

28:18; Eze 28:13The word {yahalom} may mean the diamond, from {halam,} to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid substance never debased with any admixture of other matter; susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely calcinable by any degree of fire; and of one simple and permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflections.

a ligure.{Leshem,} the ligure, the same as the jacinth, or hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny say it resembles the carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire.

an agate.{Shevo,} the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone, quartz, amethyst, opal, etc.; joined irregularly or in layers. It is of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so variously figured in its substance as to represent plants, trees, animals, and other objects.

an amethyst.{Achlamah,} an amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep red; and according as either prevails, affording different tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes even fading to a pale rose colour.

a beryl.Tarshish, a pellucid gem, of a sea or blueish green colour.

a jasper.{Yaspeh,} the jasper, a hard stone, of which there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green, red, yellow, brown, black, etc.

Re 21:12

Song of Solomon 5:14

hands.

Ex 15:6; Ps 44:4-7; 99:4; Isa 9:7; 52:13

his belly.

7:2; Ex 24:10; Isa 54:11; Eze 1:26-28

Ezekiel 1:26

And above.Abp. Newcome judiciously observes, "We need not allegorize the circumstances of this august vision too minutely. Many of them augment the splendour of the scene, while others, no doubt, have much significance; which should be pointed out rather by a correct judgement, than a luxuriant imagination."

22; 10:1

over.

Mt 28:18; Eph 1:21,22; Php 2:9,10; 1Pe 3:22

the likeness of a.

Ps 45:6; Isa 6:1; Da 7:9,10,14; Zec 6:13; Mt 25:13; Heb 1:8; 8:1

Heb 12:2; Re 4:2,3; 5:13; 20:11

as the.

Ex 24:10; Isa 54:11

the appearance of a man.

Ge 32:24-30; Jos 5:13-15; 6:1,2; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 23:5,6; Da 10:18

Re 1:13; 3:21; 14:14