John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 28:28
And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof ,.... By the rings at the lower ends of it, as it was by the rings at the upper ends of it to the shoulder pieces of the ephod; or "lift it up", so some interpret it F23 R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 89. 2. as if it was said, they shall lift up the breastplate to join it with the ephod that is above it: unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue ; this blue lace was put both into the rings of the breastplate and into... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 28:15-30
The most considerable of the ornaments of the high priest was this breast-plate, a rich piece of cloth, curiously wrought with gold and purple, etc., two spans long and a span broad, so that, being doubled, it was a span square, Exod. 28:16. This was fastened to the ephod with wreathen chains of gold (Exod. 28:13, 14, 22) both at top and bottom, so that the breast-plate might not be loosed from the ephod, Exod. 28:28. The ephod was the garment of service; the breast-plate of judgment was an... read more