שמות, פרק ל״ט, פסוק י׳

The creation of the High Priest's garments involved much more than ordinary craftsmanship. The careful placement of the precious stones was a specific process of filling the settings within the breastplate [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. The first of four distinct rows featured a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald.

Finding such rare and precious gems in a barren desert raises a natural question about where they came from. This specific grouping of stones appears in only one other place in the Bible: the description of the Garden of Eden. This connection reveals that the gems were not ordinary earthly finds. Instead, the stones set in the ephod and breastplate were provided to the Israelites directly from the Garden of Eden [קיצור בעל הטורים].