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Stones

Commandments engraved upon—Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; De 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3

The law of Moses written upon—Jos 8:32

Houses built of—Isa 9:10; Am 5:11

Temple built of—1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lu 19:44; 21:5,6

Prepared in the quarries—1Ki 6:7

Hewn (cut)—Ex 34:1; De 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9

Sawed—1Ki 7:9

Hewers (stone-cutters) of—1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15

City walls built of—Ne 4:3

Memorial pillars of—Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12

Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel")—1Sa 6:18

Ezel—1Sa 20:19

Zoheleth—1Ki 1:9

Thrown upon accursed ground—2Ki 3:19,25

Used

• In building altars
• —Jos 8:31
• For weighing (margin)
• —Le 19:36
• For closing graves
• —Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

Tombs hewn in—Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

Idols made of—De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32

Great, in Solomon's temple—1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12

Magnificent, in Herod the Great's temple—Mr 13:1

Skill in throwing—Jud 20:16; 1Ch 12:2

See SLINGS

See ADAMANT

See CHALCEDONY

See MARBLE

See ONYX

See PILLARS

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FIGURATIVE—Ge 49:24; Zec 3:9

• Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling,"
• —Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8
• Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure
• Foundation,"—Isa 28:16
• Of Christ's rejection, the rejected Conerstone
• —Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17,18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4
• The True Foundation
• —Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14
• Of Christ, the Water of Life
• —1Co 10:4
• Of the impenitent heart
• —Eze 36:26
• Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone
• —Re 2:17

SYMBOLICAL

• Of the kingdom of Christ
• —Da 2:34,45

PRECIOUS

• In the breastplate and ephod
• —Ex 28:9-21; 39:6-14
• Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the
• breastplate and ephod—Ex 35:27
• Exported from Sheba
• —1Ki 10:2,10; 2Ch 9:9,10; Eze 27:22
• Ophir
• —1Ki 10:11
• Partial catalogue of
• —Eze 28:13
• Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John's
• apocalyptic vision—Re 21:19,20
• In the crowns of kings
• —2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2

FIGURATIVE—Isa 54:11,12

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• AGATE
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• AMETHYST
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• BERYL
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• CARBUNCLE
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• CHRYSOLITE
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• CHRYSOPRASUS
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• CORAL
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• CRYSTAL
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• DIAMOND
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• EMERALD
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• JACINTH
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• LIGURE
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• RUBY
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