Exodus 28:8

Cunous girdle] RV 'cunningly woven band': i.e. embroidered.

9-12. The engraving of gems was an art well known to the Egyptians. The names were those of the twelve tribes. In Exodus 28:12 the stones are called stones of memorial unto the children of Israel. The high priest wore these stones when he ministered before the Lord, as the representative of the people. They served as a kind of visible supplication of His gracious remembrance.