Exodus 28:22
in Exodus 28For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
KJV
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
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This verse in Exodus 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
For the breastpiece, make braided chains like cords of pure gold
on Exodus 28:22-28
Seven verses go on fastening, and the reason comes last, that the breastplate not come loose from the ephod. Rings at the top and bottom, chains to the shoulder settings and a blue cord hold it at four points. The chapter spends more words securing the piece than describing it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And thou shall make upon the breastplate chains at the ends,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work--a very splendid and richly embroidered piece of brocade, a span square, and doubled, to enable it the better to bear the weight of the precious stones in it.
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ | veasita | and you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַחֹ֛שֶׁן | hachoshen | the breastpiece | H2833 → | 25 times |
| שַֽׁרְשֹׁ֥ת | sharshot | chains of | H8331 → | |
| גַּבְלֻ֖ת | gavlut | twisting | H1383 → | |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | a work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| עֲבֹ֑ת | ʾavot | cordage | H5688 → | 24 times |
| זָהָ֖ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| טָהֽוֹר׃ | tahor | pure | H2889 → | 94 times |
וְעָשִׂ֧יתָand you will make
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַחֹ֛שֶׁןthe breastpiece
hachoshenH2833 →25 times
שַֽׁרְשֹׁ֥תchains of
sharshotH8331 →
גַּבְלֻ֖תtwisting
gavlutH1383 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֣הa work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
עֲבֹ֑תcordage
ʾavotH5688 →24 times
זָהָ֖בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
טָהֽוֹר׃pure
tahorH2889 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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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.