"The stonesshall be accordingto the namesof the sonsof Israel:twelve,accordingto their names;they shall be [like] the engravingsof a seal,eachaccordingto his namefor the twelvetribes.
Elijahtooktwelvestonesaccording to the numberof the tribesof the sonsof Jacob,to whomthe wordof the LORDhad come,saying,"Israelshall be your name."
"That with an ironstylusand leadThey were engravedin the rockforever!
Moseswrotedownallthe wordsof the LORD.Then he aroseearlyin the morning,and builtan altarat the footof the mountainwith twelvepillarsfor the twelvetribesof Israel.
"As a jewelerengravesa signet,you shall engravethe twostonesaccordingto the namesof the sonsof Israel;you shall setthem in filigree[settings] of gold.
and the fourthrowa beryland an onyxand a jasper;they shall be setin goldfiligree.
"You shall makeon the breastpiecechainsof twistedcordageworkin puregold.
And the LORDtheir Godwill savethem in that dayAs the flockof His people;For [they are as] the stonesof a crown,Sparklingin His land.
that you may eatand drinkat My tablein My kingdom,and you will siton thronesjudgingthe twelvetribesof Israel.
James,a bond-servantof Godand of the LordJesusChrist,To the twelvetribeswhoare dispersedabroad: Greetings.
It hada greatand highwall,with twelvegates,and at the gatestwelveangels;and names[were] writtenon them, whichare [the names] of the twelvetribesof the sonsof Israel.
