c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.234

The Wars of the Jews 5.234

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.234

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

234on the other part there hung twelve stones, three in a row one way, and four in the other; a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; a carbuncle, a jasper, and a sapphire; an agate, an amethyst, and a ligure; an onyx, a beryl, and a chrysolite; upon every one of which was again engraved one of the forementioned names of the tribes.