Exodus 28:14
in Exodus 28and two chains of pure gold, made of braided cord work; and attach these chains to the settings.
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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.
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This verse in Exodus 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁתֵּ֤י | ushetei | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙ | sharsherot | chains of | H8333 → | 7 times |
| זָהָ֣ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| טָה֔וֹר | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
| מִגְבָּלֹ֛ת | migbalot | twisted cords | H4020 → | |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה | taaseh | you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֹתָ֖ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | a work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| עֲבֹ֑ת | ʾavot | cordage | H5688 → | 24 times |
| וְנָתַתָּ֛ה | venatatah | and you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת | sharsherot | [the] chains of | H8333 → | 7 times |
| הָעֲבֹתֹ֖ת | haavotot | the cords | H5688 → | 24 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַֽמִּשְׁבְּצֹֽת׃ ס | hamishbetzot | the filigree settings | H4865 → | 9 times |
וּשְׁתֵּ֤יand two
usheteiH8147 →768 times
שַׁרְשְׁרֹת֙chains of
sharsherotH8333 →7 times
זָהָ֣בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
טָה֔וֹרpure
tahorH2889 →94 times
מִגְבָּלֹ֛תtwisted cords
migbalotH4020 →
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הyou will make
taasehH6213 →2628 times
אֹתָ֖ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הa work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
עֲבֹ֑תcordage
ʾavotH5688 →24 times
וְנָתַתָּ֛הand you will put
venatatahH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׁרְשְׁרֹ֥ת[the] chains of
sharsherotH8333 →7 times
הָעֲבֹתֹ֖תthe cords
haavototH5688 →24 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַֽמִּשְׁבְּצֹֽת׃ סthe filigree settings
hamishbetzotH4865 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 39:15For 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…
- John 10:28
Through
1 Kings 7:17For 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.
- Exodus 28:22
Through
2 Kings 25:17Each 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.
- 1 Kings 7:15–22
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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.
