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Sapphire

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

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A light blue gem, next to the diamond in hardness

(Ex. 24:10¹⁰And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. (Exodus 24:10)). Second stone in second row of high priest’s breastplate (Ex. 28:18¹⁸And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (Exodus 28:18)). A foundation stone of the holy Jerusalem (Rev. 21:19¹⁹And 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)).

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