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Exodus 39:9 KJV
Exodus · chapter 39 · verse 9
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.Exodus 39:9 · King James Version
Exodus 39:9 in context
7And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
8And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
9It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
10And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
11And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- breastplatechôshenperhaps a pocket , or rich , used only of the gorget of the highpriestH2833 →
- foursquarerâbaʻto be quadrateH7251 →
- breadthrôchabwidthH7341 →
- doublekâphalto fold togetherH3717 →
- lengthʼôreklengthH753 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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In this account of the making of the priests' garments, according to the instructions given (ch. 28), we may observe, 1. That the priests' garments are called here clothes of service, Exo 39:1. Note, Those that wear robes of honour must look upon them as clothes of service;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-31