Ezekiel 28:13

Thou hast been (RV 'wast') in Eden, etc.] Ezekiel here evidently refers to a legend similar to the story of the Fall in Genesis 3. His use of it seems to indicate that in his day it had not been fixed in the biblical form.

Every precious stone] the stones mentioned are the same as those in the first, second, and fourth rows of stones on the high priest's breastplate (Exodus 28:17). Gold.. tabrets.. pipes] rather, 'of gold was the workmanship of thy sockets and grooves,' referring to the setting of the precious stones.