OLD TESTAMENT

Job 28:19

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The topaz of Ethiopia will not equal it. It won’t be valued with pure gold.

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Verse 19. Ethiopia, on the east of the Red Sea. Pliny (vi. 29.) mentions the isle of Chuthis, which was also famous for the topaz.—Dying. Hebrew cethem, ( Bible.) which we have observed relates to gold, verse 16.

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