Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
HARMONY OF THE LAW · VOLUME 1
15. And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scar-
15. Facies deinde pectorale judicii, opere phrygionico: sicut opus ephod facies illud, ex auro, et hyacintho, et purpura, et vermiculo cocci, et bysso retorta. let, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16. Foursquare it shall be beinq doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
16. Quadratum erit et duplicatum: palmus erit longitudo ejus: et palmus latitudo ejus.
17. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a
17. Et implebis in eo impletione lapidum quatuor ordines lapidum: ordo erit talis: sardius, topazius, et carbunculus, ordo primus. topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
18. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
18. Ordo vero secundus: smaragdus, sapphirus, et jaspis.
19. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
19. Ordo praeterea tertius: lyncurius, achates, et amethystus.
20. And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
20. Postremo ordo quartus: chrysolithus, onychinus, et berillys: constricti auro erunt in plenitudinibus suis.
21. And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every
21. Porro lapides illi erunt juxta nomina filiorum Israel, duodecim, secundum nomina ipsorum, sculpturis annuli singuli juxta nomen suum, erunt duodecim tribubus. one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.