Exodus 28:21

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Exodus 28:21 (WEB)
The stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, everyone according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.13Book IV
“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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