Ezekiel 16:12

I put a jewel on thy forehead - אפך על al appech , upon thy nose. This is one of the most common ornaments among ladies in the east. European translators, not knowing what to make of a ring in the nose, have rendered it, a jewel on thy forehead or mouth, (though they have sometimes a piece of gold or jewel fastened to the center of their forehead.) I have already spoken of this Asiatic custom, so often referred to in the sacred writings: see Genesis 24:22 , Genesis 24:42 ; Exodus 32:2 ; Job 42:11 ; Proverbs 11:22 ; Isaiah 3:21 ; Hosea 2:13 .