Exodus 28:16

It is to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

In Context

15And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

17And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

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Cross References

Exodus 39:10And on it they put four lines of stones: in the first line was a carnelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 28:16-31

Aaron's Attire. ( b. c. 1491.) 15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first… Read the whole commentary →

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