STONES

STONES. → Commandments engraved upon Ex 24:12; 31:18; 34:1-4; De 4:13; 5:22; 9:9-11; 10:1-3 → The law of Moses written upon Jos 8:32 → Houses built of Isa 9:10; Am 5:11 → Temple built of 1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12; Mt 24:2; Lu 19:44; 21:5,6 → Prepared in the quarries 1Ki 6:7 → Hewn (cut) Ex 34:1; De 10:1; 1Ki 5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 2Ki 12:12; 22:6; 1Ch 22:2; 2Ch 34:11; La 3:9 → Sawed 1Ki 7:9 → Hewers (stone-cutters) of 1Ki 5:18; 2Ki 12:12; 1Ch 22:15 → City walls built of Ne 4:3 → Memorial pillars of Ge 28:18-22; 31:45-52; Jos 4:2-9,20-24; 24:25; 1Sa 7:12 → Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have Abel) 1Sa 6:18 → Ezel 1Sa 20:19 → Zoheleth 1Ki 1:9 → Thrown upon accursed ground 2Ki 3:19,25 → Used
* In building altars Jos 8:31
* For weighing (margin) Le 19:36
* For closing graves Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3

→ Tombs hewn in Mt 27:60; Mr 15:46; 16:3 → Idols made of De 4:28; 28:36,64; 29:17; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; Eze 20:32 → Great, in Solomon' s temple 1Ki 5:17,18; 7:9-12 → Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s temple Mr 13:1 → Skill in throwing Jud 20:16; 1Ch 12:2 → See SLINGS → See ADAMANT → See CHALCEDONY → See MARBLE → See ONYX → See PILLARS → See PRECIOUS, below → FIGURATIVE Ge 49:24; Zec 3:9
* Of temptation, Stone of Stumbling, Isa 8:14; Ro 9:33; 1Pe 2:8
* Of Christ, a Tested Stone, a Precious Stone, a Sure Foundation, Isa 28:16
* Of Christ' s rejection, the rejected Conerstone Ps 118:22; Mt 21:42-44; Mr 12:10; Lu 20:17,18; Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:4
* The True Foundation Isa 28:16; Mt 16:18; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20; Re 21:14
* Of Christ, the Water of Life 1Co 10:4
* Of the impenitent heart Eze 36:26
* Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stone Re 2:17

→ SYMBOLICAL
* Of the kingdom of Christ Da 2:34,45

→ PRECIOUS
* In the breastplate and ephod Ex 28:9-21; 39:6-14
* Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephod Ex 35:27
* Exported from Sheba 1Ki 10:2,10; 2Ch 9:9,10; Eze 27:22
* Ophir 1Ki 10:11
* Partial catalogue of Eze 28:13
* Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John' s apocalyptic vision Re 21:19,20
* In the crowns of kings 2Sa 12:30; 1Ch 20:2

→ FIGURATIVE Isa 54:11,12
* See AGATE
* See AMETHYST
* See BERYL
* See CARBUNCLE
* See CHRYSOLITE
* See CHRYSOPRASUS
* See CORAL
* See CRYSTAL
* See DIAMOND
* See EMERALD
* See JACINTH
* See JASPER
* See LIGURE
* See RUBY
* See SAPPHIRE
* See SARDIUS
* See SARDONYX
* See TOPAZ