Topaz

Topaz is a light and transparent mineral, often pale blue or yellow in colour.

The stone was used as decoration on the breastplate of the high priest. In each stone, the name of one of the 12 tribes of Israel was engraved.

Related Bible passages

Exodus 28.17 Exodus 39.10 Ezekiel 28.13 Revelation 21.20

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