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The Breast Piece

15 “You are to make a breast piece to be worn by the high priest when he makes legal decisions.[a] It is to be skillfully worked, made like the work of the ephod from gold, blue, purple, and scarlet material, and from fine woven linen. 16 It is to be square when folded double, one hand span[b] long and one hand span wide.[c] 17 You are to mount on it a setting for four rows of stones. The first row is to contain carnelian,[d] topaz, and emerald;

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 28:15 Lit. breast piece of judgment
  2. Exodus 28:16 I.e. about the distance between the outstretched thumb and little finger, or about nine inches
  3. Exodus 28:16 I.e. about the distance between the outstretched thumb and little finger, or about nine inches
  4. Exodus 28:17 The meaning of MT is uncertain.