14 EXODUS Hebrewes 7. 14. Sap/9h] this is the Hebrew name, kept alto inGreek, and other tongues; but in the Chaldee it is Sbabzez. It is a goodly (tone, tranfparent, very hard of blew or skie- colour, ufed.therefore in heavenly vilions,as Exodus 34. o. Ezekiel 1. 26. The Saphir and the Smaragd, are themoll plealant and comfortable for the eie to lookeupon.. Upon this (lone, the name of If, facbar was engraved. Sardmyx ] This name feemeth to be made of the Sardine and the Onyx bone, named in Hebrew, lahalom, of Smiting; and in Chaldee , Sabbalom , that is, hearing ftrokes : for it is a very hard (lone like the Adamant or Diamond : and in Revelation 21.20. is named in Greeke, Sareh nyx: which by the name, and by te- flimonie of Plink , booke 37. chapter 6. is mix- ed of a white and ruddy colour , fhining like to the naile of a mans hand let into flelh. On this Jemme, Zabsdon was graved : fo the lerufalemie Tbargum, letting downs this fecond row, ad- deth; Write plainly on them, the names of the three Tribes, Judah, Iffachar, Zabulon. So in Gen. 46. in Exodus 1. 2, 3. in 1 Chronicles z. 1. and of- ten, thefe two, lipichar , and Zabulon , are joyned with the former foure Patriarches, that fo all Leaks children might be together. 19 Verf: r 9.Hyacimb] or Iacinth,tbat is,ofa bright purple colour : by the Greeks it is tranflated the Ligure, but Tome copies have for it the Hyacintb, and fo the Holy Ghoft tranflateth it in Revelat. 21. 20. In Hebrew it is named Lem : upon it Pan was graven; and a citie called Leflem, did afterwards fall unto the Tribe of Dan, as this ¡tone did portend, and fo Lefhem was called Dan, Jofhua 19.47. Cbryfßrafe] which name ftgni- fieth ago/dengreene, fo noting the colour of this (tone. In Hebrew k is Sbebo: the commonGreek verfion maketh it an Achate (or Agate) of which fort of (tone , there are many colours, and fome the heft , that are greene with a golden lift: which therefore the Holy Ghoft calleth a Chryfo- prafe, inRevelation 21.20. Naphtalinu name was graven upon it So the two fonnes of Bilhab, Rachel; maid, are .j)oyned together. Ame- thjhï] called in Hebrew Achlama : in the Greeke verfion, and in Revelation ii. an Amethyll, which is a (tone of a wan purple colour, and ruddier fo being a warlike figne, and Gadwas graven on this ¡tone, whole warres were pro- phefìed , and his viftories, Genefis 49. i 9. and had fulfilling in 1 Chronicles 5.18,19,20. Here againe the Ierufalemie T bargum , naming the third row of (tones , addeth , Write plainly on them, the XXVIII. names of the three Tribes , Dan, Naphtali, and Gad. VerC 20. Cbryflitc) which fignifieth a golden ffone,for the gloriouscolour of it, which is a gol- den Sea greene and (pining. The. Hebrewname is Tharjbsfb : which is allo the name of the Ocean Sea , PCal. 48. 8. and accordingly the Chaldee nameth it Crum jamma , of the Sea- colour. The, Greeke verfion , and Revelation 21. call it the, Chryfolite. Afir was graven upon this lione, who' dwelled neere the Sea, with his brethren. Be ryl] in Hebrew Shoham, in the Greek yeti-ion, and in Rev. z 1.29. it is called the Beryl : fo the Chat, dee here and elfwhere nameth it Burla. This was Iofephs ffone, on which he was engraved : and on two of there (tones, all theTribes were written, v. n. The Beryll is of the skie- colour , but wate- rilh,and as there are many forts of Beryls, fo have they many colours. This (tone is Paid to be peed- out,Job 28.16. and in lofeyyh, lofiea, Debora,Gedeon, le hthe, and Abdan the Judges of Ifrael, the glorie of the Beryll (hewed it lelte. daffier] of the He- brew lafhlpeh, and the Greeke Iatpio: a (tone of greatworth and glory ; of which are many forts of fundry çolours, Come green, loose azure,or of aerie colour, called therefore Ærizstfa, by Plinie, in book 37.chap.8. fome are party - coloured and fpotted, like Panthers, therefore the Chaldee pa- raphrafe here calleth it Pantere: and the on Song 5. 14. faith, Benjamin was engraved upon Apantor. This lafl (tone for the yongeft Benjamin, is the firft foundation in the heavenly Jerufalem, Revel.21.19. The glory of this Jafper, (pined in Benjamins Tribe, when the Temple of Solwmn was there builded in Ierufalem, Deuteronomie 33. 12. Jofua 8. 11, 28. and in particular perlons, as Ehud, (Judg. 3.) Mordecai and Eller, but chiefly in Paul the Apoltle,who was of this Tribe, Rom. whofe writings are as a goodly Jafper, fhining among the precious (tones of the Scrip- ture. Here allo the Thargum Ierufalemie addeth to the (tones of the fourth. row : Write plainly on obesa, the names of the three Tribes, ACer, JoCeph, and Benjamin. fit] or, fattened within hollow pda- ces (or etches) of gold as the Hebrew word tm piieth : fee verf. r 1. VerC. 2 r. according to] or Ay their names, and here. 2I the Greeke tranflation addetti, according to their generations (or bleibe;) as was exprefhed in the 10. verfe, and is here againe implied. For in the fame order that they were graven upon the Be- ryls , were they here let and graven upon twelve feverall ¡tones : as they are here let dowrse in the Page following. 20 Vpon ,q////I/d/;IOli1Mmne \ I I nNIN/
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