They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.[a] 10 They mounted four rows of gemstones[b] on it. The first row was a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[c] 11 the second row, a turquoise,[d] a sapphire,[e] and a diamond;[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 39:9 Lit a span its length and a span its width
  2. Exodus 39:10 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
  3. Exodus 39:10 Or beryl
  4. Exodus 39:11 Or malachite, or garnet
  5. Exodus 39:11 Or lapis lazuli
  6. Exodus 39:11 Hb uncertain; LXX, Vg read jasper

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