Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It is to be square--a span long and a span wide--and folded double. New Living Translation Make the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square. English Standard Version It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth. Berean Study Bible It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide. New American Standard Bible "It shall be square and folded double, a span in length and a span in width. New King James Version It shall be doubled into a square: a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. King James Bible Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. Christian Standard Bible It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide. Contemporary English Version It is to be 22 centimeters square and folded double Good News Translation It is to be square and folded double, 9 inches long and 9 inches wide. Holman Christian Standard Bible It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide. International Standard Version It is to be square when folded double, one hand span long and one hand span wide. NET Bible It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide. New Heart English Bible It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth. GOD'S WORD® Translation Fold it in half so that it's 9 inches square. JPS Tanakh 1917 Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. New American Standard 1977 “It shall be square and folded double, a span in length and a span in width. King James 2000 Bible Foursquare it shall be, and doubled; a span shall be the length of it, and a span shall be the breadth of it. American King James Version Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. American Standard Version Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth. Douay-Rheims Bible It shall be foursquare and doubled: it shall be the measure of a span both in length and in breadth. Darby Bible Translation Square shall it be, doubled; a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. English Revised Version Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. Webster's Bible Translation Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its breadth. World English Bible It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth. Young's Literal Translation it is square, doubled, a span its length, and a span its breadth. Study Bible The Breastpiece15You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. 16It must be square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide. 17And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;… Cross References Exodus 28:15 You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen. Exodus 28:17 And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald; Treasury of Scripture Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. no reference Lexicon It must beיִֽהְיֶ֖ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be square רָב֥וּעַ (rā·ḇū·a‘) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7251: To be quadrate when folded over double, כָּפ֑וּל (kā·p̄ūl) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3717: To fold together, to repeat a span זֶ֥רֶת (ze·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2239: The spread of the fingers, a span long אָרְכּ֖וֹ (’ā·rə·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 753: Length and a span וְזֶ֥רֶת (wə·ze·reṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2239: The spread of the fingers, a span wide. רָחְבּֽוֹ׃ (rā·ḥə·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7341: Breadth, width (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. Verse 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. 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