16. The breastplate shall be square and doubled; a span [nine inches] shall be its length and a span shall be its breadth.
17. You shall set in it four rows of stones: a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle shall be the first row;
18. The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond [so called at that time];
19. The third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
20. And the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
21. And the stones shall be twelve, according to the names of the sons of Israel, like the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.