{"id":2322,"date":"2022-09-23T23:39:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-exodus-2820\/"},"modified":"2022-09-23T23:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:39:31","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-exodus-2820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-exodus-2820\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 28:20"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their enclosings. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 20<\/strong>. <em> a beryl<\/em> ] Heb. <em> tarshish<\/em>,  (<span class='bible'>Rev 21:10<\/span>), <em> chrysolithus<\/em>: <span class='bible'>Eze 1:16<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eze 10:9<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eze 28:13<\/span>, <span class='bible'>Son 5:14<\/span>, <span class='bible'>Dan 10:6<\/span>. The name <em> tarshish<\/em> apparently points to its being obtained from Tarshish (Tartessus) in Spain. The chrysolite (&lsquo;gold-stone&rsquo;) of the later Greeks (which was also obtained from Spain, Pliny, <em> H. N.<\/em> xxxvii. 127) is probably our topaz 1 [208] , but as this was unknown in earlier times, some other gold-coloured stone must be intended, perhaps (Petrie) the <strong> yellow jasper.<\/strong> It is not however stated whether this stone is (or was) found in Spain. The rend. <em> beryl<\/em> is as old as Abarbanel (1437 1508): the <em> chalcedony<\/em> (RVm.; <span class='bible'>Rev 21:19<\/span>) of the ancients, so called from its being found at Chalcedon (opposite to Byzantium), was the green transparent carbonate of copper, our copper emerald (Smith, <em> DB.<\/em> s.v.).<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:3em'> [208] By a curious interchange of terms, it seems that &lsquo;the ancient chrysolite is the modern topaz, and the ancient topaz the modern chrysolite&rsquo; (Smith, <em> DB.<\/em> s.v. Beryl).<\/p>\n<p><em> an onyx<\/em> ] Heb. <em> shham<\/em>,  (so LXX. here, but not consistently), <em> onychinus<\/em>: <em> v.<\/em> 9, <span class='bible'>Exo 25:7<\/span>, <span class='bible'>Gen 2:12<\/span>, <span class='bible'>Eze 28:13<\/span>, <span class='bible'>Job 28:16<\/span>, <span class='bible'>1Ch 29:2<\/span>. This is usually supposed to be either the <em> onyx<\/em> (LXX. in Job; Vulg. mostly) or the <em> beryl<\/em> (LXX. here; Pesh. Targ. always): the onyx being a stratified stone, consisting of layers of white (resembling in colour the <em> nail<\/em>, whence the name), grey, and other colours (see <em> DB.<\/em> s.v.), and the beryl a clear blue, green, or pale yellow stone (see <em> EB.<\/em> s.v.). Myres, however ( <em> EB.<\/em> iv. 4808), argues in favour of <em> malachite<\/em> (green carbonate of copper), &lsquo;common in Egypt in all periods, obtained from the Sinaitic mine district,&rsquo; and also other sources of copper, as Cyprus, and known likewise in Babylonia and Assyria.<\/p>\n<p><em> a jasper<\/em> ] Heb. <em> ysh<\/em> <em> e<\/em> <em> pheh<\/em>,  , <em> beryllus<\/em> (but see on &lsquo;diamond&rsquo; in <em> v.<\/em> 18): <span class='bible'>Eze 28:13<\/span>, <span class='bible'>Rev 21:19<\/span>. In all probability the <strong> green jasper<\/strong> is intended.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper<\/strong>,&#8230;. Whatever stone is meant by the first in this row, it must be of a sea green colour; for &#8220;tarshish&#8221;, the word used, signifies the sea; and so the beryl, as Pliny r says, imitates the greenness of the pure sea. Braunius s takes it to be the chrysolite that is meant; and so does Ainsworth; and it is so rendered by the Septuagint; and this, according to Ruaeus t, is of a colour like the greenness of the sea: the &#8220;onyx&#8221; has its name from its being of the colour of a man&#8217;s nail, as observed before; but here &#8220;shoham&#8221; is thought by Braunius u to be the &#8220;sardonyx&#8221;, following Josephus, Jerom, and the Vulgate Latin version, which is a compound of the sardian and onyx stones: the last is undoubtedly rightly rendered the jasper, for the Hebrew word is &#8220;jaspeh&#8221;: this stone is sometimes variegated with spots like a panther, and therefore is called by Onkelos &#8220;pantere&#8221;; the most valuable is the green spotted with red or purple:<\/p>\n<p><strong>they shall be set in gold in their enclosings<\/strong>; or be set and enclosed in ouches or sockets of gold, as the two onyx stones upon the shoulder pieces of the ephod: there were twelve of these ouches or sockets, which might be made out of one piece of gold, into which the twelve above stones were put. These stones were, no doubt, brought out of Egypt by the children of Israel, and were the gifts of their princes.<\/p>\n<p>r Nat. Hist. l. 37. c. 5. s Ut supra, (De Vestitu Sacerd Heb. l. 2.) c. 17. sect. 7. p. 720. t De Gemmis, l. 2. c. 7. u Ut supra, (De Vestitu Sacerd Heb. l. 2.) c. 18. sect. 4. p. 730.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>&ldquo;<em> Gold borders shall be on their settings<\/em> &rdquo; (see at <span class='bible'>Exo 28:11<\/span> and <span class='bible'>Exo 28:13<\/span>). The golden capsules, in which the stones were &ldquo;<em> filled<\/em>,&rdquo; i.e., set, were to be surrounded by golden ornaments, which not only surrounded and ornamented the stones, but in all probability helped to fix them more firmly and yet more easily upon the woven fabric.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Keil &amp; Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(20) <strong>They shall be set in gold in their inclosings.<\/strong>Or,<strong> <\/strong><em>in their settings. <\/em>Every gem was to be enclosed in its own setting of gold.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><span class='bible'>Exo 28:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>Gold, in their inclosings<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong> Hebrew, <em>fillings. <\/em>In the 17th verse it is said, <em>Thou shalt set in it settings of stones; <\/em>literally, <em>shalt fill up fillings of stones; i.e<\/em>. shalt fill the sockets with stones, or set stones in the sockets or cavities made to receive them; so, ch. <span class=''>Exo 35:9<\/span> <em>stones to be set <\/em>is, in the Hebrew, <em>stones for filling up: <\/em>(comp. ch. <span class='bible'>Exo 39:10<\/span>.) It appears from these verses, that the <em>chains <\/em>mentioned <span class=''>Exo 28:14<\/span> were to fasten the <em>breast-plate <\/em>to the <em>two onyx-stones <\/em>on the <em>shoulder-pieces <\/em>of the ephod. Besides <em>the two rings <\/em>on the end of the breast-plate, <span class=''>Exo 28:23<\/span> two more were to be made, and put into the doubling next to the ephod, <span class=''>Exo 28:26<\/span> in which two corresponding rings were to be made, <span class=''>Exo 28:27<\/span> and by means of these, the breast-plate was to be laced with a lace of blue to the ephod, <span class=''>Exo 28:28<\/span> and never to be parted from it. The reader will remember the remark respecting the words <em>curious girdle, <\/em>made on <span class=''>Exo 28:8<\/span> and those who are desirous of an exact and critical discussion of <span class=''>Exo 28:22-28<\/span> we refer to Houbigant&#8217;s notes. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>a beryl: Eze 1:16, Eze 10:9, Dan 10:6, Rev 21:20 <\/p>\n<p>an onyx: Exo 28:9 <\/p>\n<p>a jasper: Rev 4:3, Rev 21:11, Rev 21:18-20 <\/p>\n<p>enclosings: Heb. fillings, Exo 28:13 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Gen 2:12 &#8211; onyx Exo 1:3 &#8211; Benjamin 1Sa 28:6 &#8211; by Urim 1Ch 29:2 &#8211; onyx stones Job 28:16 &#8211; onyx<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their enclosings. 20. a beryl ] Heb. tarshish, (Rev 21:10), chrysolithus: Eze 1:16; Eze 10:9; Eze 28:13, Son 5:14, Dan 10:6. The name tarshish apparently points to its being obtained from Tarshish (Tartessus) in Spain. 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