Deuteronomy 22:12
in Deuteronomy 22You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
KJV
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThou shalt make thee fringes,.... Though a different word is here used from that in Num 15:38, yet the same things are intended, and Onkelos translates both by one and the same word, and which is no other than a corruption of the Greek word used in Mat 23:
This site's exposition
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds
on Deuteronomy 22:9-12
Divers seeds in a vineyard, an ox and an ass under one yoke, wool and linen in one garment, and then fringes on the four quarters of the vesture. The first three keep kinds distinct and the text gives no reason for any of them, which is also how Leviticus 19:19 leaves them. Numbers 15:38-40 does explain the fringes, as a reminder of the commandments, and Matthew 9:20 and 14:36 have people reaching for the hem of Jesus' garment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Fringes - Or laces, or strings, partly to bring the commands of God to their remembrance, as it is expressed, Num. xv, 38, and partly is a public profession of their nation and religion, whereby they might be distinguished from strangers, that so they might be more circumspect to behave as became the people of God, and that they should own their religion before all the world.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters--or, according to some eminent biblical interpreters, tassels on the coverlet of the bed. The precept is not the same as Nu 15:38.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גְּדִלִ֖ים | gedilim | tassels | H1434 → | |
| תַּעֲשֶׂה־ | taaseh- | you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָּ֑ךְ | lakh | for <the> yourself | ||
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַרְבַּ֛ע | ʾarba' | [the] four | H702 → | |
| כַּנְפ֥וֹת | kanfot | [the] corners of | H3671 → | 109 times |
| כְּסוּתְךָ֖ | kesutekha | covering your | H3682 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תְּכַסֶּה־ | tekhaseh- | you will cover | H3680 → | 152 times |
| בָּֽהּ׃ ס | bah | with <the> it |
גְּדִלִ֖יםtassels
gedilimH1434 →
תַּעֲשֶׂה־you will make
taaseh-H6213 →2628 times
לָּ֑ךְfor <the> yourself
lakh
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַרְבַּ֛ע[the] four
ʾarba'H702 →
כַּנְפ֥וֹת[the] corners of
kanfotH3671 →109 times
כְּסוּתְךָ֖covering your
kesutekhaH3682 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תְּכַסֶּה־you will cover
tekhaseh-H3680 →152 times
בָּֽהּ׃ סwith <the> it
bah
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 23:5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
it leads to
- John 12:43
For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
- Matthew 6:1–16
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
- John 5:44
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Deuteronomy 6:8
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- John 12:43
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.