Exodus Chapter 28 verse 16 Holy Bible
Foursquare it shall be `and' double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
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It is to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.
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Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
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Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
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Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its breadth.
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It shall be square and folded double; a span{A span is the length from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when the hand is stretched out (about 9 inches or 22.8 cm.)} shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.
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it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Four square... being doubled. It has been generally supposed that the doubling was merely for the purpose of giving additional strength to the work, which was to receive twelve heavy gems; but Gesenius and others are of opinion that the object was to form a bag, in which the Urim and Thum-mira, which they regard as material objects, might be kept. A span. Half a cubit, or about nine inches.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Foursquare it shall be.--On the idea of perfection connected with the square, see Note on Exodus 27:1. But for this, twelve gems would probably have been arranged in the shape of an oblong.Doubled.--Symmachus translates khoshen by ??????, "a receptacle" or "bag;" and if the Urim and the Thummim, being material objects, were to be "put in" it (Exodus 28:30), such a construction would seem to have been absolutely necessary. Hence the "doubling," which would not have been needed merely for strength, since linen corselets, stout enough to resist the blow of a sword, were among the manufactures of Egypt, and could no doubt have been produced by the Hebrews.A span.--The "span" was reckoned at half a cubit, or about nine inches.