OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 28:16

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16

It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 16. Span, or half a cubit, (Ezekiel 43:13, 17,) formed like a purse, in which the Rabbins say the Urim and Thummim, were placed. Calmet.

EXPLANATION

A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)

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