Exodus 28:13

13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold.

Exodus 28:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 28:13

And thou shalt make ouches of gold.
] Or sockets of gold, to put the two onyx stones in, ( Exodus 28:11 ) for of other ouches we read not, excepting the enclosings, in which the twelve stones of the breastplate were set, ( Exodus 28:20 ) and these are again mentioned because of the chains to be fastened to them, of which in the following verse.

Exodus 28:13 In-Context

11 With the work of an engraver, and the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about:

12 And thou shalt put them in both sides of the ephod, a memorial for the children of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon both shoulders, for a remembrance.

13 Thou shalt make also hooks of gold.

14 And two little chains of the purest gold, linked one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks.

15 And thou shalt make the rational of judgment with embroidered work of divers colours, according to the workmanship of the ephod, of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen.