Exodus 28:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

the names. Order according to the "twelve tribes "as God chose them. They were individual here, because over the heart, the place of love: one name on each stone.

the twelve tribes.Order not given here. In Exodus 28:10 according to the order of birth. Here, perhaps, according to Numbers 2. See App-45.

Exodus 28:21

21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.