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Exodus 28:23 KJV
Exodus · chapter 28 · verse 23
And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.Exodus 28:23 · King James Version
Exodus 28:23 in context
21And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
22And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
23And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
24And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
25And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- breastplatechôshenperhaps a pocket , or rich , used only of the gorget of the highpriestH2833 →
- ringsṭabbaʻathproperly, a sealH2885 →
- makeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- endsqâtsâha terminationH7098 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
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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