| Exodus 28:20
| In the fourth a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.
| Chrysolite, (beryl or opale,) onyx, (Septuagint, beryl; Chaldean, or emerald; Calmet) beryl, (Hebrew, jasper; Septuagint etc., onyx) were inscribed with the names of Zabulon, Joseph, and Benjamin. In Ezechiel 28:13, the jasper stone comes in the sixth place, as it does in the Vulgate here. (Calmet) --- The mystical interpretation of these stones, may be seen in Cornelius A Lapide. St. Epiphanius has written a learned work on the 12 precious stones. (Haydock)
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