Exodus 28 · Verse 23

Exodus 28:23

And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 28:23, King James Version

Exodus 28:23 in other translations

BSBYou are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.
WEBYou shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
ASVAnd thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
YLTand thou hast made on the breastplate two rings of gold, and hast put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate;
DARBYAnd thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
BBEAnd put two gold rings on the two ends of the bag.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Exodus 28:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 28:15-29

15-29. thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work--a very splendid and richly embroidered piece of brocade, a span square, and doubled, to enable it the better to bear the weight of the precious stones in it. There were twelve different stones, containing each the name of a tribe, and arranged in four rows, three in each. The Israelites had acquired a knowledge of the lapidary's art in Egypt, and…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 28:15-30

The chief ornament of the high priest, was the breastplate, a rich piece of cloth, curiously worked. The name of each tribe was graven in a precious stone, fixed in the breastplate, to signify how precious, in God's sight, believers are, and how honourable. How small and poor soever the tribe was, it was as a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest; thus are all the saints dear to Christ, however men…

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Exodus 28:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַחֹ֔שֶׁןha.Cho.shenthe breastpieceH2833
שְׁתֵּ֖יshe.TeitwoH8147
טַבְּע֣וֹתta.be.'otrings ofH2885
זָהָ֑בza.HavgoldH2091
וְנָתַתָּ֗ve.na.ta.Taand you will putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁתֵּי֙she.Tei[the] twoH8147
הַטַּבָּע֔וֹתha.ta.ba.'otthe ringsH2885
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שְׁנֵ֖יshe.Nei[the] twoH8147
קְצ֥וֹתke.Tzot[the] ends ofH7098
הַחֹֽשֶׁן\׃ha.Cho.shenthe breastpieceH2833

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 28:23

  • Exodus 25:11-15

    And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. …

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Context

  • Exodus 28:22

    And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.

  • Exodus 28:23

    And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.

  • Exodus 28:24

    And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

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Exodus 28:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y harás en el racional dos anillos de oro, los cuales dos anillos pondrás á las dos puntas del racional.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et tu feras sur le pectoral deux anneaux d’or; et tu mettras les deux anneaux aux deux bouts du pectoral;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und mache an das Brustschild zwei Ringe von Gold, und befestige die zwei Ringe an die beiden Enden des Brustschildes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et duos annulos aureos, quos pones in utraque rationalis summitate: