Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 28:14
And two chains [of] pure gold at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
14. put ] i.e. fasten.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
At the ends, or, with ends; i.e. not like chains that are fastened about ones neck or arm, which seem to have no end; but two distinct chains, with two several ends, both hanging downward: compare Exo 28:22. The Syriac render it double, others equal, or of equal length.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And two chains of pure gold at the ends,…. The use of which was to hang the breast plate on, after described; one end of them was fastened to rings on the ouches in the shoulder pieces, and the other end to rings on the breastplate, and thus it hung:
of wreathen work shall thou make them; these chains were not made after the manner of circles or ringlets coupled together, as chains usually are, but of golden wires twisted together as a rope is twisted
and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches; to the ouches on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, in which the onyx stones were set, very probably to rings that were in these ouches.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) Chains . . . at the ends.Rather, chains of equal length, or, perhaps, of wreathen work.
Of wreathen work.Heb., after the manner of a rope. Such chains are often seen round the necks of Persian officials in the Persepolitan sculptures, and appear also to have been used by the grandees of Egypt. They were composed of a number of gold wires twisted together. The chains spoken of in this place are the same as those mentioned in Exo. 28:22-25. Their object was to attach the two upper corners of the breastplate to the upper part of the ephod.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 28:14 And two chains [of] pure gold at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
Ver. 14. Fasten. the wreathen chains. ] These chains wherewith the breastplate and shoulder were tied, signified, saith one, a the perfect contexture of all heavenly virtues adorning Christ’s humanity; as also that true faith whereby we are girded to him.
a Moses Unveiled.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
chains of: Exo 28:24, Exo 39:15
of wreathen: Exo 28:22-25, Exo 39:17, Exo 39:18, 1Ki 7:17, 2Ki 25:17, 2Ch 4:12, 2Ch 4:13
Reciprocal: Exo 28:11 – ouches of gold Exo 28:25 – wreathen chains 1Ki 7:18 – General Jer 52:22 – with network
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28:14 And two chains [of] pure gold {g} at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
(g) Of the bosses.