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Emerald

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

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A bright green variety of beryl. The emerald (Ex. 28:18; 39:11¹⁸And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (Exodus 28:18)
¹¹And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (Exodus 39:11); Ezek. 27:16; 28:13¹⁶Syria 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)
¹³Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. (Ezekiel 28:13); Rev. 4:3; 21:19³And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. (Revelation 4:3)
¹⁹And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; (Revelation 21:19)) is supposedly the carbuncle, a fiery garnet.

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