John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:23
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. read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:22
And thou shall make upon the breastplate chains at the ends ,.... 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,... read more