Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 28:16
Exodus 28:16 is verse 16 of Exodus chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
The breastpiece, when folded over, was approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters in both length and width.
King James Version
Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
World English Bible
It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.
A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
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Exodus 28:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
15 You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
16 It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
17 And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
18 in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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