Exodus 39:18
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These both before and behind so answered one another, that the ephod and the rational were bound together,

two wreathen

Exodus 28:14 And two little chains of the purest gold, linked one to another, which thou shalt put into the hooks.

Songs 1:10 We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver.

ephod

Exodus 39:2 So he made an ephod of gold, violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen,

Context
The Breastpiece
17On which rings the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod. 18These both before and behind so answered one another, that the ephod and the rational were bound together,19Being fastened to the girdle, and strongly coupled with rings, which a violet fillet joined, lest they should flag loose, and be moved one from the other, as the Lord commanded Moses.…
Cross References
Exodus 28:7
It shall have the two edges joined in the top on both sides, that they may be closed together.

Exodus 28:11
With the work of an engraver, and the graving of a jeweller, thou shalt engrave them with the names of the children of Israel, set in gold and compassed about:

Exodus 39:17
On which rings the two golden chains should hang, which they put into the hooks that stood out in the corners of the ephod.

Exodus 39:19
Being fastened to the girdle, and strongly coupled with rings, which a violet fillet joined, lest they should flag loose, and be moved one from the other, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Lexicon
and
וְאֵ֨ת (wə·’êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

they fastened
נָתְנ֖וּ (nā·ṯə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

the other
שְׁתֵּ֤י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

ends
קְצוֹת֙ (qə·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7098: A termination

of the two
שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

chains
הָֽעֲבֹתֹ֔ת (hā·‘ă·ḇō·ṯōṯ)
Article | Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5688: Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the two
שְׁתֵּ֣י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

filigree settings,
הַֽמִּשְׁבְּצֹ֑ת (ham·miš·bə·ṣōṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4865: A brocade, a, setting of a, gem

attaching
וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֛ם (way·yit·tə·num)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

them to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the shoulder pieces
כִּתְפֹ֥ת (kiṯ·p̄ōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything

of the ephod
הָאֵפֹ֖ד (hā·’ê·p̄ōḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 646: A girdle, the ephod, highpriest's shoulder-piece, an image

at
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the front.
מ֥וּל (mūl)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4136: Abrupt, a precipice, the front, opposite


Additional Translations
and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, before it.

And 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.

and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings.

and the two ends of the two wreathen [cords] they fastened to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, on the front thereof.

And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof.

And the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, before it.

The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front.

and the two ends of the two thick bands they have put on the two embroidered things, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, over-against its front.
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