Exodus - 28:13



13 You shall make settings of gold,

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 28:13.

Differing Translations

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And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
Thou shalt make also hooks of gold.
And thou shalt make enclosures of gold;
'And thou hast made embroidered things of gold,
And you are to make twisted frames of gold;
Facies itaque palas aureas:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Ouches of gold - משבצת mishbetsoth, strait places, sockets to insert the stones in, from שבץ shabats, to close, enclose, straiten.
Socket, in this place, would be a more proper translation, as ouch cannot be traced up to any legitimate authority. It appears sometimes to signify a hook, or some mode of attaching things together.

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.

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