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Gemstones are mentioned in connection with the breastplate of the High Priest of Israel (Book of Exodus, xxviii, 17–20; xxxix, 10–13), the treasure of the King of Tyre (Book of Ezekiel, xxviii, 13), and the foundations of the New Jerusalem (Book of Tobit, xiii, 16–17, in the Greek text, and more fully, Book of Revelation, xxi, 18–21 ...
The Twelve Stones (Hebrew: מצבות, romanized: maṣṣəwoṯ) are steles, a common form of marking a spectacular religious event in the days of Kingdom of Judah before the time of King Josiah (Deuteronomy 27:1–8). [1]
[8] "The silence in heaven, lasting about a half-hour, begins at the place where the songs of praise still resound (Revelation 7:10–12)." [9] The Expanded Bible describes the silence as "a dramatic pause induced by awe". [10] Silence in the presence of God is evoked by several of the minor prophets: Habakkuk 2:20, Zephaniah 1:7 and Zechariah ...
The word Yahalom appears to be connected with the Hebrew meaning strike hard, and possibly with the word hallamish meaning flint; [2] hallamish is connected to the Assyrian word elmeshu, referring to a precious stone which was hard, and possibly white, or at least with an insignificant color, and from which whole rings were sometimes made. [2]
8 the world based on hearsay or old wives’ tales or whatever you want to call them. Instead why not embrace a science-based approach: read on as we weigh up the evidence and come to a scientific conclusion about reality. With science you can build a complex explanation for an observation as high as a house of
Apsinthos is believed to refer to a plant of the genus Artemisia, used metaphorically to mean something with a bitter taste. [4] The English rendering "wormwood" refers to the dark green oil produced by the plant, which was used to kill intestinal worms. [4] In Revelation, it refers to the water being turned into wormwood, i.e. made bitter. [4]
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