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You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. They were prepared in the day that you were created.
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Verse 13. Paradise. Thou hadst every thing delightful at Tyre. Calmet.—Covering. Hebrew “bandage;” diadem, ( Bible.) or belt. Septuagint specify twelve stones. See Exodus 28:17.—Pipes; music used at the coronation, which was celebrated as a birth-day. Calmet.—God give and withdraws power from all kings. As long as they act well, they are a sort of sanctuary. Bible.
or, lapis lazuli
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