Exodus 28:22

22 And thou shalt make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work 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 chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row.

21 And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name.

22 And thou shalt make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work of pure gold.

23 And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel, on the oracle of judgment on his breast; a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary.

24 And thou shalt put the fringes on the oracle of judgment; thou shalt put the wreaths on both sides of the oracle,