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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 28, Verse 16

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And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
King James Version
Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.
American Standard Version
Foursquare it shall be [and] double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
New English Translation
It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
World English Bible
It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.
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And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.
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And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
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And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
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And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
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And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
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And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends [of] wreathen work [of] pure gold.
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And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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And thou shalt put the two wreathen [chains] of gold in the two rings [which are] on the ends of the breastplate.
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And [the other] two ends of the two wreathen [chains] thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put [them] on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
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And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which [is] in the side of the ephod inward.