^{9 Ref} You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:

^{10 Ref} six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, in the order of their birth.

^{11 Ref} With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.

^{12 Ref} You shall put the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.