Exodus 28:25
in Exodus 28and 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.
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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 the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches,....
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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֤י | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| קְצוֹת֙ | ketzot | [the] ends of | H7098 → | 35 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֣י | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הָעֲבֹתֹ֔ת | haavotot | the cords | H5688 → | 24 times |
| תִּתֵּ֖ן | titen | you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֣י | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַֽמִּשְׁבְּצ֑וֹת | hamishbetzot | the filigree settings | H4865 → | 9 times |
| וְנָתַתָּ֛ה | venatatah | and you will put [them] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כִּתְפ֥וֹת | kitfot | [the] shoulder-pieces of | H3802 → | 67 times |
| הָאֵפֹ֖ד | haefod | the ephod | H646 → | 49 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מ֥וּל | mul | [the] front of | H4136 → | 36 times |
| פָּנָֽיו׃ | panav | face its | H6440 → | 2123 times |
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 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
Exodus 28:14and 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,
- Exodus 39:15
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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.
