The precious stones set into the breasplate to signify the twelves names of the twelve tribes of Israel could have been derived from the same type. Intuitively, we might have expected this. Would it not have best expressed their unity, and equality of dignity before God? Instead, though all twelve stones were precious, each was taken from a different variety of precious stone. Scripture: [[Exodus 39#^1a1166]] Tittle: [[God glorified by fulness]] #jot