(The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)

And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

They said to each other, ‘Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.’ They used brick instead of stone, and bitumen for mortar.

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.

Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.

So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.’

and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well. The stone over the mouth of the well was large.

As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large,

When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.

and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.

‘We can’t,’ they replied, ‘until all the flocks are gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.’

But they said, “We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.”

When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

He said to his relatives, ‘Gather some stones.’ So they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

And Jacob said to his kinsmen, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.

Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.

But his bow remained steady,
his strong arms stayed supple,
because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,
because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

yet his bow remained unmoved;
his arms were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
(from there is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel),

The  Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron, “Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt – over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs – and they will turn to blood.” Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels of wood and stone.’

And the  Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

But Moses said, ‘That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the  Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us?

But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the  Lord our God are an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?

The deep waters have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.

The floods covered them;
they went down into the depths like a stone.

terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone –
until your people pass by,  Lord,
until the people you bought pass by.

Terror and dread fall upon them;
because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone,
till your people, O  Lord, pass by,
till the people pass by whom you have purchased.

Then Moses cried out to the  Lord, ‘What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.’

So Moses cried to the  Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up – one on one side, one on the other – so that his hands remained steady till sunset.

But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.” Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.’

No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it.

If you make me an altar of stone you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

‘If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,

“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,

‘If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible.

“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.

If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death.

But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.

If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

The  Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.’

The  Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”

and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

‘Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel

You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

in the order of their birth – six names on one stone and the remaining six on the other.

six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal. Then mount the stones in gold filigree settings

As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree.

and fasten them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel. Aaron is to bear the names on his shoulders as a memorial before the  Lord.

And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the  Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance.

Then mount four rows of precious stones on it. The first row shall be carnelian, chrysolite and beryl;

You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

There are to be twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.

in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

When the  Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

The  Lord said to Moses, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

The  Lord said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

So Moses chiselled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the  Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the  Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.

and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

and onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

And the leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.

in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.

They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings and engraved them like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

They made the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold filigree, and engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel.

Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the  Lord commanded Moses.

And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the  Lord had commanded Moses.

Then they mounted four rows of precious stones on it. The first row was carnelian, chrysolite and beryl;

And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

There were twelve stones, one for each of the names of the sons of Israel, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town.

then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city.

Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.

Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

‘If the defiling mould reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house scraped and plastered,

“If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,

It must be torn down – its stones, timbers and all the plaster – and taken out of the town to an unclean place.

And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place.

Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the  Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the  Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

‘Say to the Israelites: “Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him.

“Say to the people of Israel Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

‘“A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.”’

“A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”

‘Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.

“Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

anyone who uses the name of the  Lord blasphemously is to be put to death. The entire assembly must stone them. Whether foreigner or native-born, when they use the Name blasphemously they are to be put to death.

Whoever blasphemes the name of the  Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the  Lord commanded Moses.

So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp the one who had cursed and stoned him with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the  Lord commanded Moses.

‘“Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the  Lord your God.

“You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the  Lord your God.

But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the  Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.

Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the  Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.

Then the  Lord said to Moses, ‘The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.’

And the  Lord said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”

So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the  Lord commanded Moses.

And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the  Lord commanded Moses.

Or if anyone is holding a stone and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death.

And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.

or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended,

or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm,