Êxodo 28:16

16 Quadrado e duplo, será de um palmo o seu comprimento, e de um palmo a sua largura.

Êxodo 28:16 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:16

Four square it shall be, [being] doubled
That is, when it was doubled; for the length of it, according to Maimonides ^F3, was a cubit, which is two spans, and so, when it was doubled, was but one, and its length and breadth being alike, as follows:

a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth
thereof; a square, which is the measure, the form of the new Jerusalem, the church of Christ, ( Revelation 21:16 ) and may denote the perfection, firmness, and immovableness of it, ( Psalms 125:1 ) . Some have thought that this breastplate was doubled, in order to have something enclosed in it: some imagine, that within this fold were put the Urim and Thummim, which they suppose to be two words engraved on a stone, and different from the twelve stones in it; others, that the name of Jehovah was written and put there, as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi on ( Exodus 28:30 ) and other Jewish writers, and others, fancy some little images were put within these folds, the name with the teraphim, and supposed to be the Urim and Thummim; but if these were hid in the folds, they could not be seen when consulted; it is most probable there is nothing put within the double, which was not done for any such use; but most likely that it might be strong to bear the weight of the precious stones, put in ouches of gold upon it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Cele Hamikdash, c. 9. sect. 6.

Êxodo 28:16 In-Context

14 e duas cadeiazinhas de ouro puro; como cordas as farás, de obra trançada; e aos engastes fixarás as cadeiazinhas de obra trançada.

15 Farás também o peitoral do juízo, obra de artífice; conforme a obra do éfode o farás; de ouro, de azul, de púrpura, de carmesim, e de linho fino torcido o farás.

16 Quadrado e duplo, será de um palmo o seu comprimento, e de um palmo a sua largura.

17 E o encherás de pedras de engaste, em quatro fileiras: a primeira será de uma cornalina, um topázio e uma esmeralda;

18 a segunda fileira será de uma granada, uma safira e um ônix;