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THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

(Hebrews yashpheh, “glittering”), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest’s breast-plate (Exodus 28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:18, 19). It was “most precious,” “clear as crystal” (21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).

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