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Agate

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(from river Achates). A species of precious quartz. Second stone in third row of high-priest’s breastplate (Ex. 28:19; 39:12¹⁹And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 28:19)
¹²And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 39:12); Isa. 54:12¹²And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (Isaiah 54:12); Ezek. 27:16¹⁶Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. (Ezekiel 27:16)). Original sometimes translated amethyst.

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