16 It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.[a] 17 Place a setting of gemstones[b] on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be
a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[c]
18 the second row,
a turquoise,[d] a sapphire,[e] and a diamond;[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 28:16 Lit a span its length and a span its width
  2. Exodus 28:17 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
  3. Exodus 28:17 Or beryl
  4. Exodus 28:18 Or malachite, or garnet
  5. Exodus 28:18 Or lapis lazuli
  6. Exodus 28:18 Hb obscure; LXX, Vg read jasper

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