Exodus 28:15-17

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The Breastpiece

¹⁵“You^(A) are to make an embroidered breastpiece for making decisions.^[a] Make it with the same workmanship as the ephod; make it of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen. ¹⁶It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.^[b] ¹⁷Place a setting of gemstones^[c] on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;^[d]

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Footnotes

28:15 Used for determining God’s will; Nm 27:21
28:16 Lit a span its length and a span its width
28:17 Many of these stones cannot be identified with certainty.
28:17 Or beryl

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