9. with four equal sides, doubled, of the measure of the palm of a hand.
10. And he set four rows of gems in it. In the first row was a sardius stone, a topaz, an emerald;
11. in the second was a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper;
12. in the third was a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst;
13. in the fourth was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl, surrounded and enclosed in gold by their rows.
14. And these twelve stones were engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, each one with a single name.
15. They also made, in the breastplate, little chains linked to one another, from the purest gold,
16. and two hooks, and the same number of gold rings. Moreover, they set the rings at both sides of the breastplate,
17. from which two golden chains would hang, which they connected with the hooks that projected from the corners of the ephod.