Amatye anqabileyo eBhayibhileni!

Amatye anqabileyo (amatye anqabileyo okanye amatye anqabileyo) anokuba nendima ebalulekileyo kwaye enomdla eBhayibhileni. Kudala ngaphambi komntu, uMdali wethu wasebenzisa amatye anjengeedayimani, iirubhu kunye neesmeralds zokuhombisa enye yezona zinto zinkulu wazenza ngomlilo. Lo wabizwa ngokuba nguLusifa (UHezekile 28: 13), owathi kamva waba nguSathana umtyholi.
Emva kwexesha elide, wayalela uMoses ukuba makenze isixhobo esikhethekileyo kuMbingeleli oMkhulu wesizwe esasineegugu ezili-28 ezikhulu ezazibonisa nganye yezizwe zakwa-Israyeli (iEksodus 17:20 - XNUMX).

Kungekudala, uThixo uYise uya kubeka ubukho bakhe kunye netrone yakhe emhlabeni esebenzisa iYerusalem eNtsha awayeza kuyenza. Enye yezinto ezingaqhelekanga kwesi sixeko luza kuba ludonga lwayo, oluza kuba namatye axabisekileyo alishumi elinambini asetyenziselwa iziseko zaso (iSambulo 21:19 - 20).

Olu luhlu lwezifundo luza kufikelela kwiinguqulelo ezilishumi ezibalulekileyo zesiNgesi (i-ASV, i-ESV, i-HBFV, i-HCSB, i-NASB, i-NCV, i-NIV, i-NKJV kunye ne-NLT) ukuze baxoxe ngamagugu angama-22 afumaneka kumaphepha elizwi likaThixo.

Amatye axabisekileyo aphathwe kolu luhlu abandakanya i-Agate, Amethyst, Beryl, Carbuncle (Red Garnet), Carnelian, Chalcedony, Chrysolite, Chrysoprase, Coral, Diamonds, Emeralds, Hyacinth, Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Onyx ne Sardonyx amatye, iPearl, Peridot, Crystal. amatye, iirubhu, isafire, itopazi kunye nomququ.

Olu ngcelele lukhethekileyo luza kuxoxa ngokubekwa kwamatye anqabileyo kwisikrweqe soMbingeleli oMkhulu kunye nonxibelelwano phakathi kwegugu elifunyenwe kwiNew York kunye nabapostile abalishumi elinambini.

Ukukhankanywa kokuqala
Eyokuqala yamatye anqabileyo aseBhayibhileni ikhankanywe kwincwadi yeGenesis. Ukubhekiswa kwenziwa ngokunxulumene nokudalwa komntu noMyezo we-Eden.

Izibhalo esixelela ukuba uThixo, kwimpuma yomhlaba obizwa ngokuba yiEdeni, wadala umyezo omuhle apho wabeka umntu wokuqala (iGenesis 2: 8). Umlambo ohamba nge-Edeni wawunika amanzi egadi (iivesi 10). Ngaphandle kwe-Eden kunye nomyezo wawo, umlambo wahlulwa wangamasebe amane aphambili. Isebe lokuqala, elibizwa ngokuba yiPishon, lahamba laya kumhlaba apho kwakusenziwa izixhobo ezinqabileyo zokuvelisa izinto. Elinye isebe lomlambo yi-Euphrate. Amatye e-Onyx ayisiyokuqala kuphela, kodwa kunye namatye akhankanywa rhoqo kwiSibhalo.

Izipho zokwenyani
Amatye anqabileyo anembali ende njengesipho esinexabiso eliphakamileyo kwaye kufanelekile ukuba bubukumkani. Ukumkanikazi waseShebha (ekusenokwenzeka ukuba wayevela eArabhiya) waya kuhambo olukhethekileyo lokuya kuKumkani uSolomon ukuze azibonele ngokwakhe ukuba ubelumkile njengoko wayevile. Wayephethe amatye axabisekileyo njengesinye sezipho ezininzi awayemzukisa ngazo (1 Kumkani 10: 1 - 2).

Ukumkanikazi (owathi, ngokweengxelo ezithile zebhayibhile, enokuba ekugqibeleni abe ngomnye wabafazi bakhe) akazange anike nje uSolomon inani elikhulu lamatye axabisekileyo, kodwa kunye neetalente zegolide ezili-120 ezixabisekileyo namhlanje malunga nezigidi ezili-157 zeedola eUnited States ( ukuthatha i-1,200 yexabiso ngevili enye - iivesi 10).

Ngexesha lolawulo lukaSolomoni, ngaphezulu kobutyebi awayebufumana rhoqo, yena kunye nokumkani waseTire bangenela ubudlelwane bezorhwebo ukuzisa amatye anqabileyo kwaSirayeli (1 Kumkani 10: 11, bona kwivesi yama-22).

Imveliso yeXesha lokuGqibela
Abarhwebi behlabathi, kungekudala nje ngaphambi kokuBuya kukaYesu kwesibini, baya kulila ngokulahleka kweBhabheli enkulu eyabanika indlela yokuba zizityebi, phakathi kwezinye izinto, kumatye anqabileyo. Ukuphulukana kwabo kuya kuba kukhulu kangangokuba iZibhalo zirekhoda izikhalazo zabo kabini kwisahluko esinye (iSityhi. 18:11 - 12, 15 - 16).