Exodus 28:16 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 28:16

It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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).

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רָב֥וּעַ	ra.Vu.a'	square	H7251 →
יִֽהְיֶ֖ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
כָּפ֑וּל	ka.Ful	folded double	H3717 →
זֶ֥רֶת	Ze.ret	[will be] a span	H2239 →
אָרְכּ֖וֹ	'a.re.Ko	length its	H753 →
וְזֶ֥רֶת	ve.Ze.ret	and [will be] a span	H2239 →
רָחְבּֽוֹ׃	ra.che.Bo	breadth its	H7341 →

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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