The chains,.... According to Kimchi and R. Levi ben Gersom on Jud 8:26 these were drop bottles, or vessels of gold, in which were put stacte or balsam; and the former says here, they were such in which balsam was put, and women hung about their necks; though, he observes, some interpret them of chains, which were made of small stones of bdellium; hence pure bdellium is called in the Arabic tonguePjnla; and so Jarchi renders the word "chains"; and they are called by this name, because they hang about the neck, and drop upon the breast, and are in the form of precious stones, bored and strung:and the bracelets; hand bracelets, according to the Targum; such as Abraham's servant gave to Rebekah, Ge 24:22:and the mufflers; these were veils which covered the whole face, excepting the eyes, the same that we call masks: it is said of the Arabian women, that they went out twlwer; that is, as Bartenora explains it, they were veiled about the head, so that the whole face was covered, excepting their eyes; though Maimonides interprets them of little bells, which the Arabian women went out with; the Targum here explains the word by "women's veils"; though some think only the "spangles" which were on them are meant, so called from their trembling and shaking motion.
Misn. Sabbat, c. 6. sect.