²⁸ And they shall attach^◦ the breastplate by its rings to^▵ the rings of the ephod with a strand of blue, that it may be on the girding^▵ of the ephod, and that the breastplate not detach from on the ephod.

⁷ And thou^◦ and thy sons with^◦ thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar, and for that inside the veil; and you shall serve; I have given you^◦ the priesthood as a gift of service; and the stranger who draws·​·near shall be put·​·to·​·death.