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Exodus 39:16

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 39:16 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
Exodus 39:16 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 39

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
13and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jaspar: they were inclosed in inclosings of gold in their settings.
14And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
15And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
16And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
17And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
18And the [other] two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.
19And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“gold rings: Exo 25:12 Exodus 39:18”
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