Gold Jewelry In The Bible
The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels.
Gold jewelry in the bible. Bible verses related to wearing jewelry from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order 1 timothy 2 9 in like manner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety. And the street of the city was pure gold as it were transparent glass revelation 21 21. Gold was so valuable and cherished that in the bible gold is likened to wisdom faith and knowledge. Berean study bible furthermore the israelites acted on moses word and asked the egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
New american standard bible. This was in addition to the crescent shaped ornaments jewelry purple clothing worn by the midianite kings and the necklaces on the camels. If god did this for his bride it cannot be sin. Psalms says that god s laws and commandments are more desirable than gold.
Of particular note is the use of gold to pave the streets of heaven as follows. The first mention of gold in the bible is in genesis 2 12 kjv and the. A bible study on jewelry reveals many other positive examples of jewelry throughout the bible as well as neutral and bad examples. Every several gate was of one pearl.
Not with broided hair or gold or pearls or costly array. 7 10 119 72 127 psalms also says that while gold has great value it is unable to give life. Gold s value in biblical times biblical records indicate that gold and silver were the first and oldest form of money. In addition to the obvious the bible uses gold to represent many things.
The people of israel had also done as moses told them for they had asked the egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.