Thou shalt put it on a blue lace. In Exodus 39:31, it is explained that the blue lace, or ribbon, was "tied to it," probably at either end. That it may be upon the mitre—i.e; "that it may be kept in place, and not slip from its position on the mitre."
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Exodus 28:37
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