16 It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.[a] 17 Place a setting of gemstones[b] on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[c]

18 the second row,

a turquoise,[d] a lapis lazuli, and a diamond;[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 28:16 Lit a span its length and a span its width
  2. 28:17 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
  3. 28:17 Or beryl
  4. 28:18 Or malachite, or garnet
  5. 28:18 Hb obscure; LXX, Vg read jasper

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