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Many passages in the Bible point to the qualities of shamir, particularly its hardness. The Septuagint omits the passages of Ezekiel and Zachariah, while the first five verses of Jer. 17, are missing in the Cod. Vaticanus and Alexandrinus, but are found in the Complutensian edition and in the Syriac and Arabic Versions.
16. "Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established." - Proverbs 16:3 17. "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who ...
On 18 January 2010, ABC News reported Trijicon was placing references to verses in the Bible in the serial numbers of sights sold to the United States Armed Forces. [1] The "book chapter:verse" cites were appended to the model designation, and the majority of the cited verses are associated with light in darkness, referencing Trijicon's specialization in illuminated optics and night sights.
Hendriksen counters that God provided for them by creating a world filled with food, and giving the birds the instincts to collect it. The verse could also be read as a call for self-sufficiency or for a return to a hunter gatherer lifestyle, something advocated by the philosopher Seneca. Other verses make fairly clear this is not what is meant ...
The color of a diamond also plays a role in its value, with colorless diamonds given the greatest value. There are pink, yellow, blue and even black diamonds. Although these are less common than ...
A few scholars have suggested that Yahalom may refer to diamonds, owing to their hardness, though the skill of cutting diamonds had not been discovered before the classical era. [9] The Septuagint employs the word Iaspis , which Pliny the Elder only described as referring to a category of blue-green stones composed of a great number of mineral ...
On "Antiques Roadshow" we took a trip back to 1998 when a woman brought in a gorgeous diamond and ruby jewelry collection she inherited from her great aunt, who was married to a congressman back ...
Fancy-colored diamonds such as the deep-blue Hope Diamond are among the most valuable and sought-after diamonds in the world. In 2009, a 7-carat (1.4 g) blue diamond fetched the then highest price per carat ever paid for a diamond when it was sold at auction for 10.5 million Swiss francs (US$9.5 million at the time) which is in excess of US$1.3 ...