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Credit: あおもりくま、Aomorikuma

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Red Jasper , Tugaru Nishikiishi Japan , 津軽地方 錦石 赤碧玉

 

Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942;

License: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Red jasper scaraboid. late 5th–early 4th century B.C. Charioteer in a long girded chiton is driving a chariot with two galloping horses.

 

From Easton: Jasper, (Heb. yashpheh, "glittering"), a gem of various colours, one of the twelve inserted in the high priest's breast-plate (Exodus 28:20). It is named in the building of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:19). It was "most precious," "clear as crystal" (Revelation 21:11). It was emblematic of the glory of God (4:3).

Verses:

  • Exodus 28:20
  • Exodus 39:13
  • Ezekiel 28:13
  • Revelation 4:3
  • Revelation 21:11
  • Revelation 21:18
  • Revelation 21:19
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​j/jasper.html. 2024.
 
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