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CHAINS. Used as ornaments. Worn by princes, Gen. 41:42; Dan. 5:7,29. Worn on ankles, Num. 31:50; Isa. 3:19; on the breastplate of high priest, Ex. 28:14; 39:15. As ornaments on camels, Judg. 8:26. A partition of, in the temple, 1 Kin. 6:21; 7:17. Used to confine prisoners, Psa. 68:6; 149:8; Jer. 40:4; Acts 12:6,7; 21:33; 28:20; 2 Tim. 1:16. See Fetters.

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