BERYL, the eighth Stone belonging to Exod xxviii. 10.the High-Priest’s Pectoral. The Vulgate and the Septuagint call it Beryl, and the Hebrew, Jasphe. It has been already observed, that the proper signification of the Hebrew names of precious stones was for the most part unknown to the Hebrews and the Commentators.
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