Bible Encyclopedia: Precious Stones: Sapphire

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Introduction.
... sappheiros sapphire iii ... These precious stones have been identified as follows, taking
the High Priest's breastplate: i. 1. Red carnelian 2. Chrysolite (greenish ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/introduction 4.htm

On Counter Promises.
... walls constructed of jasper, and its battlements of crystal; that it is to have
a wall composed of many precious stones, as jasper, and sapphire, and chalcedony ...
/.../origen/origen de principiis/chapter xi on counter promises.htm

The Promises Addressed to Jerusalem in the Prophets Refer to the ...
... up again to Judæa and Jerusalem, and to be built with the precious stones of Jerusalem ...
I prepare for thy stone carbuncle and for thy foundation sapphire; and I ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of john/26 the promises addressed to.htm

An Advance Step in the Royal Programme
... pavement under His feet. It seems like a pavement of precious stones of
sapphire, but as clear as crystal. So now all that John ...
/.../quiet talks on the crowned christ of revelation/v an advance step in the.htm

High Priest
... part of this gorget was set with four rows of precious stones; the first row, a
serdious, a topaz, and a carbuncle; the second, an emerald, a sapphire, and a ...
/.../conversion of a high priest into a christian worker/chapter iv high priest.htm

The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by which the Gods are ...
... stones not one was wanting, and there were fragments of sapphire, and hematite ... is
gold, or silver, or steel, or iron, or brass, or ivory, or precious stones? ...
/.../exhortation to the heathen/chapter iv the absurdity and shamefulness.htm

Christ is All
... within the compass of arithmetic to set down the value of this sapphire test ... in me
the hope of glory," will prove to be gold, silver, precious stones, this may ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/christ is all.htm

The New Jerusalem.
... the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone ... foundation was a jasper;
the second, a sapphire; the third ... behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the new jerusalem.htm

The Evening of the Third Day in Passion-Week - on the Mount of ...
... and gates were to be of precious stones, the walls ... walls, notwithstanding the
massiveness of the stones, with the ... is the Jerusalem built of sapphire, which is ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vi the evening of.htm

An Exhortation to Theodore after his Fall. Letter I.
... than unsmelted gold, and a man shall be more precious than the sapphire stone. ... than
the earth, and fire than water, and the stars than precious stones; and we ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/an exhortation to theodore after.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Ezekiel 1:26
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and on the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above on it.
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Subtopics

Lapidary: One Who Cuts Precious Stones

Precious

Precious Stones

Precious Stones of Great Variety

Precious Stones of Many Colours

Precious Stones used for Adorning the Breastplate of Judgment

Precious Stones used for Adorning the High Priest's Ephod

Precious Stones used for Adorning the Temple

Precious Stones used for Decorating the Person

Precious Stones used for Honoring Idols

Precious Stones used for Ornamenting Royal Crowns