Exodus 28:15-16

The -breastplate." The Heb. ḥôshen(often in the sequel, but only in the present connexion) is of uncertain etym., but there is nothing in it to suggest the idea of a -breastplate"; and as v.30 shews, pouch would convey a much clearer idea of what is intended. It is called the -pouch of judgement," on account of the Urim and Thummim being kept in it, which were the means by which judgements, or decisions, were obtained by the high priest. It was to be of the same richly coloured texture as the ephod (v.6).