Some have supposed that this stone was the same as the jacinth, others that it was the opal. There is now no mineral bearing this name.
Ligure appears 2 Times in the Scripture.
It was one of the jewels in the third row of the high priest’s breastplate.
Exodus 28:19 And the third row a Ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus 39:12 And the third row, a Ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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