Deuteronomy 22:12 BSB

Deuteronomy 22:12

You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thou 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:

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גְּדִלִ֖ים	ge.di.Lim	tassels	H1434 →
תַּעֲשֶׂה־	ta.'a.seh-	you will make	H6213 →
לָּ֑ךְ	Lakh	for <the> yourself
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
אַרְבַּ֛ע	'ar.Ba'	[the] four	H702 →
כַּנְפ֥וֹת	kan.Fot	[the] corners of	H3671 →
כְּסוּתְךָ֖	ke.su.te.Kha	covering your	H3682 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
תְּכַסֶּה־	te.kha.seh-	you will cover	H3680 →
בָּֽהּ׃ ס	Bah	with <the> it

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Through
Matthew 23:5
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
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.

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