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Exodus 28:14

in Exodus 28

and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work: and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings.

KJV

And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

This verse in Exodus 28

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The ephod was fastened by a girdle of the same costly materials, that is, dyed, embroidered, and wrought with threads of gold. It was about a handbreadth wide and wound twice round the upper part of the waist; it fastened in front, the ends hanging down at great length (Re 1:13).

This site's exposition

thou shalt make ouches of gold

on Exodus 28:13-16

Gold settings and chains of wreathen work hold the breastplate, and every fitting that touches it is pure gold. The piece is foursquare and doubled, which makes it a pouch rather than a flat plate, and the doubling is what verse 30 depends on. A span is half a cubit, so the whole thing sits inside the width of a man's chest.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And two chains of pure gold at the ends,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

CHAINS. The middle root letter has been doubled in sharsherot (chains). 134 The original root of sharsherot is shin, resh, shin.
Ibn Ezra: Spain, 1089–1167 · Ibn Ezra on Exodus 28:14:1, via Sefaria, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּשְׁתֵּ֤יand two

    usheteiH8147768 times

  • שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙chains of

    sharsherotH83337 times

  • זָהָ֣בgold

    zahavH2091389 times

  • טָה֔וֹרpure

    tahorH288994 times

  • מִגְבָּלֹ֛תtwisted cords

    migbalotH4020

  • תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הyou will make

    taasehH62132628 times

  • אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH85310935 times

  • מַעֲשֵׂ֣הa work of

    maasehH4639236 times

  • עֲבֹ֑תcordage

    ʾavotH568824 times

  • וְנָתַתָּ֛הand you will put

    venatatahH54142011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת[the] chains of

    sharsherotH83337 times

  • הָעֲבֹתֹ֖תthe cords

    haavototH568824 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • הַֽמִּשְׁבְּצֹֽת׃ סthe filigree settings

    hamishbetzotH48659 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 39:15

    For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

    it leads to

    • John 10:28

      I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

    • Jude 1:1

      Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

    • John 17:12

      While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture…

  • Through

    1 Kings 7:17

    For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 28:22

      For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.

    • Exodus 39:15–18

      For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

    • 2 Kings 25:17

      Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

  • Through

    2 Kings 25:17

    Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 7:15–22

      He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.

    • Jeremiah 52:21–23

      Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.