In 1 Sam 17:14 David pulled five smooth stones from the stream. I was doing some research into the breastplate stones looking to see if there were five stones that had similar properties. I discovered that out of four different translations only six of the stone names were the same in each translation. The gematria of the remaining six that didn't agree equals the prime number gematria for 'LORD JESUS CHRIST' (1013).

 

 

											5	4	3
						Most					massive	prismatic	equant	Only 6	6
	KJ	NKJ	NASU	NIV		Common	form	hardness		Gematrias			gemstones	Agree	Don't
1	Sardius	Sardius	Ruby	Ruby		Sardius/Ruby	massive	9		259	259				259
2	Topaz	Topaz	Topaz	Topaz		Topaz	prismatic	8		466		466		466
3	Carbuncle	Emerald	Emerald	Beryl		Emerald	prismatic	7.5 - 8		30		30			30
4	Emerald	Turquoise	Turquoise	Turquoise		Turquoise	massive	5 - 6		54	54				54
5	Sapphire	Sapphire	Sapphire	Sapphire		Sapphire	equant	9		570			570	570
6	Diamond	Diamond	Diamond	Emerald		Diamond	equant	10		7			7		7
7	Ligure	Jacinth	Jacinth	Jacinth		Jacinth	equant	7.5		501			501		501
8	Agate	Agate	Agate	Agate		Agate	massive	7		830	830			830
9	Amethyst	Amethyst	Amethyst	Amethyst		Amethyst	prismatic	7		95		95		95
10	Beryl	Beryl	Beryl	Chrysolite		Beryl	prismatic	7.5 - 8		162		162			162
11	Onyx	Onyx	Onyx	Onyx		Onyx	massive	7		395	395			395
12	Jasper	Jasper	Jasper	Jasper		Jasper	massive	7		331	331			331
										3700	1869	753	1078	2687	1013

 

 

Five of the stones are found in the form called 'massive' according to my 'Audubon Society Field Guide'. One of these five has the gematria of 395. 395 is the gematria shared by the fifth word of Genesis 1:1 (heaven). I wonder if it was an onyx that killed the giant? The title case prime number gematria for 'Onyx' is 666. the total uppercase: ASCII, prime and composite number gematrias for 'ONYX' is 713. This is the prime number gematria for 'JESUS CHRIST' as derived from its Greek spelling. 713 is also the sum of the first 22 consecutive prime numbers. 

 

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Revelation 21:18-20 gives the names of the 12 different stone foundations of the New Jerusalem. People believe that the New Jerusalem is either a: cube, sphere or pyramid. If it is a pyramid, then my last post (http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/bobware325.htm) would be the first level of the New Jerusalem since it is the 13th level up from the bottom (61st from the top down) resting on the 12 foundation tiers.

 

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