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Exodus 39:9
Exodus 39:9 is verse 9 of Exodus chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It was 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
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
World English Bible
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its width a span, being double.
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 39:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
8 He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
9 It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.
10 And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
11 the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;
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