They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.[a] 10 They mounted four rows of gemstones[b] on it.

The first row was

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[c]

11 the second row,

a turquoise,[d] a lapis lazuli, and a diamond;[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 39:9 Lit a span its length and a span its width
  2. 39:10 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
  3. 39:10 Or beryl
  4. 39:11 Or malachite, or garnet
  5. 39:11 Hb uncertain; LXX, Vg read jasper

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