earth stones

¹¹O poor little ones, convulsed by the tempest, away from any consolation! Behold, I will set your stones in order, and I will lay your foundation with sapphires, ¹²and I will make your ramparts out of jasper, and your gates out of sculpted stones, and all your borders out of desirable stones.

¹⁷And you shall set within it four rows of stones. In the first row, there shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald. ¹⁸In the second, there shall be a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper. ¹⁹In the third, there shall be a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst. ²⁰In the fourth, there shall be a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows.

²“Choose twelve men, one from each tribe, ³and instruct them so that they may take from the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood still, twelve very hard stones, which you shall station in the place of the camp, where you will pitch your tents this night.”

¹²and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

¹³You were with the delights of the Paradise of God. Every precious stone was your covering: sardius, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, and onyx, and beryl, sapphire, and garnet, and emerald. The work of your beauty was of gold, and your fissures were ready in the day when you were formed.

¹⁹And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was of jasper, the second was of sapphire, the third was of chalcedony, the fourth was of emerald, ²⁰the fifth was of sardonyx, the sixth was of sardius, the seventh was of chrysolite, the eighth was of beryl, the ninth was of topaz, the tenth was of chrysoprasus, the eleventh was of jacinth, the twelfth was of amethyst.

²And entering into Jerusalem with a great retinue, and with riches, and with camels carrying aromatics, and with an exceedingly great quantity of gold and precious stones, she went to king Solomon. And she spoke to him all that she held in her heart.

¹⁷And you shall set within it four rows of stones. In the first row, there shall be a sardius stone, and a topaz, and an emerald. ¹⁸In the second, there shall be a garnet, a sapphire, and a jasper. ¹⁹In the third, there shall be a zircon, an agate, and an amethyst. ²⁰In the fourth, there shall be a chrysolite, an onyx, and a beryl. They shall be set in gold by their rows. ²¹And these shall have the names of the sons of Israel. With twelve names shall they be engraved: each stone with one name from the twelve tribes.

⁹All was of precious stones, which had been sawed by a particular standard and measure, as much within as without, from the foundation even to the summit of the walls, and outside even to the great atrium. ¹⁰Now the foundations were of precious stones: great stones of eight or ten cubits. ¹¹And above these, there were precious stones, of equal measure, which had been cut in a manner similar to boards of cedar. ¹²And the great atrium was round, with three rows of cut stones and one row of cut cedar, even as it also was in the interior atrium of the house of the Lord, and in the portico of the house.

⁴And approaching him as if he were a living stone, rejected by men, certainly, but elect and honored by God, ⁵be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

¹¹The name of one is the Phison; it is that which runs through all the land of Hevilath, where gold is born; ¹²and the gold of that land is the finest. In that place is found bdellium and the onyx stone.

¹²Then Samuel took a single stone, and he placed it between Mizpah and Shen. And he called the name of this place: The Stone of Assistance. And he said, “For in this place the Lord gave assistance to us.”