Beryl

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This genuine stone with the Hebrew engraved name of the tribe of Israel may have been similar to the ancient stone on the breastplate of the high priest.

====Strongs Definition====

Heb. Tarshish, Chrysolith

Not the pale green but a golden color

8658 tarshiysh (tar-sheesh');

probably of foreign derivation [compare 8659]; a gem, perhaps the topaz:

KJV-- beryl.

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