Exodus 39:9

Foursquare, double, of the measure of a span.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

8He made also a rational with embroidered work, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, violet, purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen,

10And he set four rows of precious stones in it. In the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and 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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