Discovery BoxExodus 28:22-29 
Context28:22 “You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold, 28:23 and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach 1 the two rings to the upper 2 two ends of the breastpiece. 28:24 You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece; 28:25 the other 3 two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them 4 to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. 28:26 You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other 5 two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod. 28:27 You are to make two more 6 gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod. 28:28 They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod. 28:29 Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart 7 when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.
1 tn Heb “give, put.”
2 tn Here “upper” has been supplied.
3 tn Here “the other” has been supplied.
4 tn Here “them” has been supplied.
5 tn Here “other” has been supplied.
6 tn Here “more” has been supplied.
7 sn So Aaron will have the names of the tribes on his shoulders (v. 12) which bear the weight and symbol of office (see Isa 9:6; 22:22), and over his heart (implying that they have a constant place in his thoughts [Deut 6:6]). Thus he was to enter the presence of God as the nation’s representative, ever mindful of the nation’s interests, and ever bringing the remembrance of it before God (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 306).
