Exodus 28:17 (WEB)
You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Moreover, they maintain that the long robe of the priest falling over his feet, as being adorned with four rows of precious stones, indicates the Tetrad; and if there are any other things in the Scriptures which can possibly be dragged into the number four, they declare that these had their…” — editor's note: Ex. xxviii. 17.
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Tertullian
“For of this number I find figurative hints up and down the Creator’s dispensation in the twelve springs of Elim; in the twelve gems of Aaron’s priestly vestment; and in the twelve stones appointed by Joshua to be taken out of the Jordan, and set up for the ark of the covenant.” — editor's note: Ex. xxviii. 13–21.
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