Exodus 28:22

22 "You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold.

Exodus 28:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:22

And thou shall make upon the breastplate chains at the ends,
&c.] One end of them to be put to the breastplate, and the other end to the ouches on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, by which the breastplate hung from thence: the Targum of Jonathan renders it, chains of a certain determined size, of length and thickness exactly alike; or terminable ones, as it may be rendered, not circular like a locket, or chain of gold worn about the neck, but that had ends to it: some interpret it chains, made like ropes, in the same manner as cables are, twisted together; and such it is certain they were, by what follows:

of wreathen work of pure gold;
not of circles and ringlets of gold coupled together, but of golden wires twisted together, as ropes are.

Exodus 28:22 In-Context

20 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings.

21 And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to the twelve tribes.

22 "You shall make chains for the breastplate at the end, like braided cords of pure gold.

23 And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

24 Then you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate;