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Exodus 28:21

The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The stones shall be with the names. Rather, "according to the names;" the number of the stones shall agree with that of the names, viz; twelve. Everyone with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

Rather, "every one according to its name, they shall be for the twelve tribes," i.e; each, according to the name that is on it, shall stand for one of the twelve tribes.

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