The rings,.... On their finger, as Aben Ezra observes:
and nose jewels; the same with the jewels on the forehead or nose,
Eze 16:12
not that they hung upon the nose, but were fastened upon the forehead, and hung down to the nose, see
Gen 24:22
; an allusion to this is in
Pro 11:22
though Austin says it was a custom of the women of Mauritania to put jewels in their nose; and which is still kept in Persia, Arabia, and other countries, as travellers affirm.
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