If the inventory of this virgin's goods given to her were hitherto of such things as were needful for her comfort, now follows a particular of what served for state and magnificence, as the phrase Job 40:10: it also expresseth the bravery of a bridegroom, Isaiah 61:10; the curiosity and exactness wherewith such do dress themselves. I put, Heb. I gave, i.e. freely. Bracelets; which usually were of gold, as appears, Genesis 24:22, and presents made of these bespeak greatest respects. A chain of gold, in token of honour and authority, Genesis 41:42 Daniel 5:16.
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Ezekiel 16:11
11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.