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Exodus 28:15 KJV
Exodus · chapter 28 · verse 15
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.Exodus 28:15 · King James Version
Exodus 28:15 in context
13And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
14And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
16Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
17And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- breastplatechôshenperhaps a pocket , or rich , used only of the gorget of the highpriestH2833 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- cunningchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- scarletshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itH8144 →
- purpleʼargâmânpurpleH713 →
- ephodʼêphôwda girdleH646 →
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The most considerable of the ornaments of the high priest was this breast-plate, a rich piece of cloth, curiously wrought with gold and purple, etc., two spans long and a span broad, so that, being doubled, it was a span square, Exo 28:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-30