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925 Silver Jewish Hoshen Pendant High Priest Breastplate 12 tribes 20" necklace 925 Silver Jewish Hoshen Pendant High Priest Breastplate 12 tribes 20" necklace
Sterling Silver Hoshen Breastplate Pendant Over the stones "Hoshen Stones" is written in Hebrew.This Hoshen pendant, also know as Urim VeTumim, has 12 colorful crystals representing the 12 Tribes of Israel.
The pendant measures:
Height - 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Width - 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Hoshen refers to the sacred breastplate worn by the Jewish high priest as stated in the Exodus. According to Biblical description, the Hoshen contains 12 specific stones, each stone representing one of the Twelve Tribes. The color of each Tribe’s stone became the identifying banner colors for that tribe.
One of the biggest mysteries of the Hoshen is its original stone composition. Although the Bible identifies the stones of the Hoshen by name, these names have not been used since Biblical times and scholars have been unable to translate them.
As for the Tribes, it is as follows:
Biblical Stone
Tribe
Stone Color
Odem
Reuben
Red
Pitdah
Simeon
Green
Bareketh
Levi
White, black and red
Jophek
Judah
Sky-blue
Sappir
Issachar
Very dark Blue
Yahalom
Zebulun
Clear
Leshem
Dan
Blue
Shebo
Gad
Gray
Ahlamah
Naphtali
Pink
Tarshish
Assher
Yellow
Shoham
Joseph
Very black
Yashpheh
Benjamin
Speckled Stone
INCLUDES 20" STERLING SILVER NECKLACE.
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