Exodus 28:16 “It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide…”

Exodus 28:16

It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.

World English Bible

It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.

American Standard Version

Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

Foure square it shall be and double, an hand bredth long and an hand bredth broade.

Darby Translation

Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

Young's Literal Translation

it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

Bible in Basic English

It is to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.

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In context

15You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

17And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

Read Exodus 28