Exodus 28:14

Chains... at the ends. — Rather, chains of equal length, or, perhaps, of wreathen work.

Of wreathen work. — Heb., after the manner of a rope. Such chains are often seen round the necks of Persian officials in the Persepolitan sculptures, and appear also to have been used by the grandees of Egypt. They were composed of a number of gold wires twisted together. The chains spoken of in this place are the same as those mentioned in Exodus 28:22. Their object was to attach the two upper corners of the breastplate to the upper part of the ephod.