Exodus 28:15

28:15 “You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, ¹  the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 28:25-26

28:25 the other ²  two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them ³  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 ⁴  two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod.

Exodus 39:7-8

39:7 He put ⁵  them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Breastpiece of Decision

39:8 He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 39:18-19

39:18 the other ⁶  two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. 39:19 They made two rings of gold and put them on the other ⁷  two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod. ⁸ 

[28:15]  ¹ tn Heb “a breastpiece of decision” (חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט, khoshen mishpat; so NAB). The first word, rendered “breastpiece,” is of uncertain etymology. This item was made of material similar to the ephod. It had four rows of three gems on it, bearing the names of the tribes. In it were the urim and thummim. J. P. Hyatt refers to a similar object found in the Egyptian reliefs, including even the twisted gold chains used to hang it from the priest (Exodus [NCBC], 282).

[28:25]  ² tn Here “the other” has been supplied.

[28:25]  ³ tn Here “them” has been supplied.

[28:26]  ³ tn Here “other” has been supplied.

[39:7]  ⁴ tn Or “attached.”

[39:18]  ⁵ tn Here “other” has been supplied.

[39:19]  ⁶ tn Here “other” has been supplied.

[39:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “homeward side.”