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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 39, Verse 9

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And he made the breastplate [of] cunning work, like the work of the ephod; [of] gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
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.
American Standard Version
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double.
New English Translation
It was square– they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled.
World English Bible
It was square. They made the breastplate double. Its length was a span, and its breadth a span, being double.
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And they set in it four rows of stones: [the first] row [was] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this [was] the first row.
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And the second row, 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, an onyx, and a jasper: [they were] inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
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And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
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And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, [of] wreathen work [of] pure gold.
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And they made two ouches [of] gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
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And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.
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And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
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And they made two rings of gold, and put [them] on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which [was] on the side of the ephod inward.