16
It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length, and a span its width.
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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.
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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