Exodus 28:16

Thou shalt make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 thou shalt make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, thou shalt make it of gold, and blue and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun.

17And thou shalt interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, an emerald, the first row.

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Cross References

Exodus 39:10and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness.

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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