The stones were corresponding to the names of the Israelites, twelve, corresponding to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each with its name, corresponding to the twelve tribes.
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the Israelites. You shall set them in filigree of gold.
It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the Israelites were written: