Exodus 28:37

a lace of blue a lace, or band, of the violet material mentioned in Exodus 25:4. This was apparently tied round the turban, somewhat -above" its lower edge (cf. Exodus 39:31), in the manner of a -diadem" (Exodus 29:6 n.), in the proper sense of the word, something bound round1 [209], so that the plate attached to it might appear conspicuously in front.

[209] The -diadem" was properly a blue silk band, spotted with white, 2 in. wide, tied round the lower part of the tall stiff cap worn by the Persian kings, and fastened in a knot behind, with the ends hanging down (see ill. in Rawl. Anc. Mon.iii. 204, n.17; and cf. Xen. Cyr.viii. 3, 13).

the mitre the turban (RVm.): see on v.39.