King James Version
Exodus 39:9 in the King James Version says “It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, bein...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And 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.
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.
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
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. sardius: or, ruby
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the breastplate”
H2833perhaps a pocket (as holding the urim and thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the gorget of the highpriest
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