And the twelve gates were twelve pearls.
Gold jewelry in the bible.
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In addition to the obvious the bible uses gold to represent many things.
Psalms says that god s laws and commandments are more desirable than gold.
This was in addition to the crescent shaped ornaments jewelry purple clothing worn by the midianite kings and the necklaces on the camels.
7 10 119 72 127 psalms also says that while gold has great value it is unable to give life.
Thus you were adorned with gold and silver verses 11 13.
If god did this for his bride it cannot be sin.
And the street of the city was pure gold as it were transparent glass revelation 21 21.
Not with broided hair or gold or pearls or costly array.
Gold was so valuable and cherished that in the bible gold is likened to wisdom faith and knowledge.
The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels.
A bible study on jewelry reveals many other positive examples of jewelry throughout the bible as well as neutral and bad examples.
Berean study bible furthermore the israelites acted on moses word and asked the egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
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.
Of particular note is the use of gold to pave the streets of heaven as follows.
Later in the allegory god marries the woman who symbolizes israel.
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.