Exodus 39:9

9 It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span^[a] its length and a span its breadth when doubled.

Exodus 39:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 39:9

(See Gill on Exodus 39:2).

Exodus 39:9 In-Context

7 And he set them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

8 He made the breastpiece, in skilled work, in the style of the ephod, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

9 It was square. They made the breastpiece doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth when doubled.

10 And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;

11 and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;

Footnotes

• [a]. A span was about 9 inches or 22 centimeters