¹⁹ The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

¹¹ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

¹² And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

¹⁷ And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

¹⁸ and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

¹⁹ and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

²⁰ and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

²¹ And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

¹⁰ And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.

¹¹ And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

¹² And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

¹³ And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

¹⁴ But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and it dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering.

¹⁶ It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

¹⁷ Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.

¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.