Onyx

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 1min
The precious stone in each shoulder piece of the ephod, and one of those in the breastplate of the high priest. Its Hebrew name is shoham; but this has five different translations in the LXX, and its identity is uncertain (Gen. 2:12; Ex. 25:7; {vi 2303;2314}Ex. 28:9,20; {vi 2541;2559}Ex. 35:9,27; {vi 2671;2678}Ex. 39:6,13; 1 Chron. 29:2; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13).