Bells are mentioned only in the Old Testament. The priest wore gold bells (Paamon, pha-am-one') alternating with pomegranates when in the Holy Place of the temple (Exodus 28:31-35, and 39:25-26).
Exodus 28:33
On its skirts you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet stuff, around its skirts, with bells of gold between them,
Exodus 39:25
They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates;
Zechariah 14:20 mentions bells (metsillah, mets-il-law') on horses after the Second Coming.
On that day, Holy to the LORD, will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord's house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar.
Created 1/2/97, last Revised 09/03/01