Exodus 39:9

It was square and folded in two, as long and as wide as the stretch of a man's hand;

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In The King James Version

It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.

In Context

8The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

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

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 39:2-32

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord commanded Moses. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. 4 They made shoulderpieces for it,… Read the whole commentary →

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