Exodus - 28:23



23 You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 28:23.

Differing Translations

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And two rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the two ends at the top of the rational.
And thou shalt make upon the breast-plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast-plate.
And put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.
and two rings of gold, which you shall place at both ends of the breastplate.
Facies etiam in pectorali duos arnnulos aureos, et illos duos annulos pones in duabus extremitatibus pectoralis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

On the two ends of the breastplate - The extremities spoken of here, and in the next verse, must have been the upper corners of the square. The chains attached to them Exodus 28:25 suspended the breastplate from the ouches of the shoulder pieces Exodus 28:9, Exodus 28:11-12.

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on (k) the two ends of the breastplate.
(k) Which are upmost toward the shoulder.

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold,.... On the upper part of it, above, toward the two shoulder pieces of the ephod; these were to put one end of the chains into before mentioned:
and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate; the two upper ends or corners of it, the right and left.

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