Exodus 39:9

World English Bible

It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.

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Exodus 39:9 in other translations

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.

Exodus 39:9 · American Standard Version

Exodus 39:9 in context

  1. 7He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
  2. 8He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
  3. 9It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.
  4. 10They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
  5. 11and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;