THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 39:9 in context
Exodus 39:6–12
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They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
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He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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He 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.
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They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
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and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
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and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
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