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.
22. You shall make for the breastplate chains of pure gold twisted like cords.
23. You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold and put [them] on the two edges of the breastplate.