OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Exodus 39:9

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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 39:6–12

6

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.

7

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.

8

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

10

They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

11

and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

12

and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

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  1. 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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