Exodus 39:9

9 They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.[a]

Exodus 39:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 39:9

(See Gill on Exodus 39:2).

Exodus 39:9 In-Context

7 He fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
8 He also made the embroidered breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen.
9 They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
10 They mounted four rows of gemstones on it. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;
11 the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit a span its length and a span its width
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