Stones

Commandments engraved uponExo 24:12 Exo 31:18 Exo 34:1–4 Deu 4:13 Deu 5:22 Deu 9:9–11 Deu 10:1–3
The law of Moses written uponJos 8:32
Houses built ofIsa 9:10 Amo 5:11
Temple built of1Ki 5:17 1Ki 5:18 1Ki 7:9–12 Mat 24:2 Luk 19:44 Luk 21:5 Luk 21:6
Prepared in the quarries1Ki 6:7
Hewn (cut)Exo 34:1 Deu 10:1 1Ki 5:17 1Ki 6:36 1Ki 7:9 2Ki 12:12 2Ki 22:6 1Ch 22:2 2Ch 34:11 Lam 3:9
Sawed1Ki 7:9
Hewers (stone-cutters) of1Ki 5:18 2Ki 12:12 1Ch 22:15
City walls built ofNeh 4:3
Memorial pillars ofGen 28:18–22 Gen 31:45–52 Jos 4:2–9 Jos 4:20–24 Jos 24:25 1Sa 7:12
Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel")1Sa 6:18
Ezel1Sa 20:19
Zoheleth1Ki 1:9
Thrown upon accursed ground2Ki 3:19 2Ki 3:25
Used
In building altarsJos 8:31
For weighing (margin)Lev 19:36
For closing gravesMat 27:60 Mrk 15:46 Mrk 16:3
Tombs hewn inMat 27:60 Mrk 15:46 Mrk 16:3
Idols made ofDeu 4:28 Deu 28:36 Deu 28:64 Deu 29:17 2Ki 19:18 Isa 37:19 Ezk 20:32
Great, in Solomon' s temple1Ki 5:17 1Ki 5:18 1Ki 7:9–12
Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s templeMrk 13:1
Skill in throwingJdg 20:16 1Ch 12:2
FIGURATIVEGen 49:24 Zec 3:9
Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling,"Isa 8:14 Rom 9:33 1Pe 2:8
Of Christ, "a Tested Stone," "a Precious Stone," "a Sure Foundation,"Isa 28:16
Of Christ' s rejection, the rejected ConerstonePsa 118:22 Mat 21:42–44 Mrk 12:10 Luk 20:17 Luk 20:18 Act 4:11 1Pe 2:4
The True FoundationIsa 28:16 Mat 16:18 1Co 3:11 Eph 2:20 Rev 21:14
Of Christ, the Water of Life1Co 10:4
Of the impenitent heartEzk 36:26
Of the witness of the Spirit, the white stoneRev 2:17
SYMBOLICAL
Of the kingdom of ChristDan 2:34 Dan 2:45
PRECIOUS
In the breastplate and ephodExo 28:9–21 Exo 39:6–14
Voluntary offerings of, by the Israelites for the breastplate and ephodExo 35:27
Exported from Sheba1Ki 10:2 1Ki 10:10 2Ch 9:9 2Ch 9:10 Ezk 27:22
Ophir1Ki 10:11
Partial catalogue ofEzk 28:13
Seen in the foundation of the New Jerusalem in John' s apocalyptic visionRev 21:19 Rev 21:20
In the crowns of kings2Sa 12:30 1Ch 20:2
FIGURATIVEIsa 54:11 Isa 54:12

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