The Ten Commandments were written on tablets of stone. Moses and the elders saw the God of Israel in the wilderness, "And they saw the God of Israel and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of Heaven in his clearness." Jacob used stones as a witness when he made a covenant with Laban. Jacob anoints the stone he used as a pillow during his famous dream about the ladder reaching from heaven to earth as a witness that if God would keep him and feed him and that if he returned to his father's house again in peace, then he would give God a tenth of everything he had. Gold is a precious metal, onyx is a semi-precious stone, and bdellium is considered a resin, though the Septuagint translates bdellium as a precious stone or crystal rather than a resin. They are mentioned in Genesis chapter 2 when describing the Garden of Eden. Here are just a few examples of stones being used in the Bible: And the gold of that land is good, bdellium and the onyx stone are there." (NKJV) (Genesis 2:11-12). "The name of the first (river) is Pishon it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. We find that precious stones are also significant in the Bible, and they are mentioned as early as Genesis, chapter two. Crystal in the Bible is clear and transparent, like glass. "Crystal" is also used in the book of Revelation and describes parts of heaven. Speaking of wisdom, Job says, "The gold and the crystal cannot equal it, and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold." Not only are crystal and gold mentioned in this passage, but other precious materials are listed here as well. The word "crystal" is used five times in the Bible.
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