16It is to be square-a span long and a span wide-and folded double.


In Context

13 Make gold filigree settings

14 and two braided chains of pure gold, like a rope, and attach the chains to the settings.

15 "Fashion a breastpiece for making decisions-the work of a skilled craftsman. Make it like the ephod: of gold, and of blue, purple and scarlet yarn, and of finely twisted linen.

16 It is to be square-a span long and a span wide-and folded double.

17 Then mount four rows of precious stones on it. In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz and a beryl;

18 in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and an emerald;

Exodus 28:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:16Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:16It shall be foursquare and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:16Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:16Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its breadth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.