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Exodus 28:25

in Exodus 28

and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof.

KJV

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

This verse in Exodus 28

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This 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 the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

16 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.

  • וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֤י[the] two

    sheteiH8147 →768 times

  • קְצוֹת֙[the] ends of

    ketzotH7098 →35 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֣י[the] two

    sheteiH8147 →768 times

  • הָעֲבֹתֹ֔תthe cords

    haavototH5688 →24 times

  • תִּתֵּ֖ןyou will put

    titenH5414 →2011 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֣י[the] two

    sheteiH8147 →768 times

  • הַֽמִּשְׁבְּצ֑וֹתthe filigree settings

    hamishbetzotH4865 →9 times

  • וְנָתַתָּ֛הand you will put [them]

    venatatahH5414 →2011 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כִּתְפ֥וֹת[the] shoulder-pieces of

    kitfotH3802 →67 times

  • הָאֵפֹ֖דthe ephod

    haefodH646 →49 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מ֥וּל[the] front of

    mulH4136 →36 times

  • פָּנָֽיו׃face its

    panavH6440 →2123 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

    Exodus 28:14

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

    it leads to

    • Exodus 39:15

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

    • Exodus 28:22–25

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

    • 2 Chronicles 4:12–13

      the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

    • 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 39:17–18

      Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. 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.