Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 28:27

And two [other] rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the [other] coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

27. underneath, &c.] low down, in front of it.

close to its juncture (with the shoulder-straps), above the band of the ephod ] The directions are not very clear: but the shoulder-straps seem to be continued down the front of the ephod, on its right and left sides, as far as the band ( v. 8): the lower edge of the pouch was just above this band, and it was tied by the two pieces of blue lace to the rings in the shoulder-straps close to where these were sewn to the ephod.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Two other rings, to answer the two rings in the breastplate, that by all these the breastplate might be the better fastened to the ephod.

On the two sides of the ephod underneath; in the lower part of the ephod, or in that part of it which is under the lowest part of the breastplate.

Toward the forepart thereof; towards the breast.

Over-against the other coupling thereof, i.e. over-against the ouches on the shoulder-pieces, where the upper part of the breastplate was fastened to the ephod.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And two other rings of gold thou shalt make,…. This is the third pair of rings ordered to be made, the two other pair were for the four ends or corners of the breastplate, but this pair was for the ephod:

and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod; one on the right and the other on the left:

underneath, towards the fore part thereof; underneath the ephod, yet towards the fore part of it; or rather on the fore part of it, though so as the rings could not be seen:

over against the other coupling thereof; either so as to answer to the other coupling of the breastplate to the shoulder pieces of the ephod above; or to the rings at the ends of the breastplate below, with which these were to be coupled with a lace of blue; and so the word “other” here supplied may be left out:

above the curious girdle of the ephod; just above that these rings in the ephod were, to answer to the rings in the lower ends of the breastplate.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Two golden rings were also to be put “ upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, toward the fore-part thereof, near the joining above the girdle of it, ” and to fasten the choshen from its (lower) rings to the (lower) rings of the ephod with threads of hyacinth, that it might be over the girdle (above it), and not move away ( Niphal of , in Arabic removit), i.e., that it might keep its place above the girdle and against the ephod without shifting.

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(27, 28) Two gold rings were also to be sewn on to the ephod, low down and in front, so as just to appear above the curious girdle of the ephod, and the lower rings of the breastplate were to be laced to these rings by a lace of blue. The breastplate was thus securely attached to the ephod, and showed above the curious girdle without covering it.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

sides = shoulders. Hebrew. katheph.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

the curious girdle: Exo 28:8

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge