EXODUS 39:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.”
The stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve in all, each engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes. The twelve stones, one per tribe, each engraved with the tribal name like a seal — exactly as Exodus 28:21 specified. The high priest who enters the Holy Place carries twelve individually identified tribes on his chest: not merely all Israel as a collective, but each tribe by name, in its own precious stone. The God who knows Israel by name receives the twelve names carried on the heart of His servant.
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