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Exodus 39:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double. "
Exodus 39:9
Verse in Context
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7 He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
8 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9 It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.
10 They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
11 and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;
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Exodus 39:1
"Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD commanded Moses."
Exodus 39:2
"He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen."
Exodus 39:3
"They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in with the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman."
Exodus 39:4
"They made shoulder straps for it, joined together. It was joined together at the two ends."
Exodus 39:5
"The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work: of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses."
Exodus 39:6
"They worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel."
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