Exodus 28:23
in Exodus 28You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
KJV
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
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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 shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold,.... On the upper part of it, above, toward the two shoulder pieces of the ephod; these were to put one end of the chains into before mentioned: and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate; the two upper ends or corners of it, the right and left.
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
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ | veasita | and you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַחֹ֔שֶׁן | hachoshen | the breastpiece | H2833 → | 25 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֖י | shetei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| טַבְּע֣וֹת | tabeot | rings of | H2885 → | 49 times |
| זָהָ֑ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְנָתַתָּ֗ | venatata | and you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתֵּי֙ | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַטַּבָּע֔וֹת | hatabaot | the rings | H2885 → | 49 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׁנֵ֖י | shenei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| קְצ֥וֹת | ketzot | [the] ends of | H7098 → | 35 times |
| הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃ | hachoshen | the breastpiece | H2833 → | 25 times |
וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙and you will make
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַחֹ֔שֶׁןthe breastpiece
hachoshenH2833 →25 times
שְׁתֵּ֖יtwo
sheteiH8147 →768 times
טַבְּע֣וֹתrings of
tabeotH2885 →49 times
זָהָ֑בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וְנָתַתָּ֗and you will put
venatataH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁתֵּי֙[the] two
sheteiH8147 →768 times
הַטַּבָּע֔וֹתthe rings
hatabaotH2885 →49 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שְׁנֵ֖י[the] two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
קְצ֥וֹת[the] ends of
ketzotH7098 →35 times
הַחֹֽשֶׁן׃the breastpiece
hachoshenH2833 →25 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.