Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth.
Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Four square it shall be, being doubled,.... That is, when it was doubled; for the length of it, according to Maimonides (c), was a cubit, which is two spans, and so, when it was doubled, was but one, and its length and breadth being alike, as follows: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof; a square, which is the measure, the form of the new Jerusalem, the church of Christ, Rev 21:16 and may denote the perfection, firmness, and immovableness of it, Psa 125:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Four-square it shall be - Here we have the exact dimensions of this breastplate, or more properly breast-piece or stomacher. It was a span in length and breadth when doubled, and consequently two spans long one way before it was doubled. Between these doublings, it is supposed, the Urim and Thummim were placed. See Clarke on Exo 28:30 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
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And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;
