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 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 to be square, folded in two, a hand-stretch long and a hand-stretch wide.
Foursquare it shall be, being doubled; a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its breadth.
It shall be square and folded double; a span shall be its length of it, and a span its breadth.
Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
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 Exodus 28:30 (note).
Doubled - To give it stability, or to form what was used as a bag for the Urim and Thummim: the latter appears to be the more likely.