Emerald

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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====

Emerald or Carbuncle, Heb. Ubaraket

Shifting green

1304 bareqeth (baw-reh'-keth);

or barekath (baw-rek-ath'); from 1300; a gem (as flashing), perhaps the emerald:

KJV-- carbuncle.

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