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Jasper

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Jasper. The last stone in the breastplate of the high priest, and the first in the foundations of the new Jerusalem. Exodus 28:20; Revelation 21:19. Jasper is an opaque species of quartz, of different colors, often banded or spotted, and susceptible of a high polish. The dark-green kind is supposed to be the variety of the Bible.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Jasper'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​j/jasper.html. 1893.
 
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