Num 15:38-39, Deu 22:12, Mat 9:20, Luk 8:44 | TSK | STEP | fringes in the borders.The word {tzitzith} properly denotes an ornament resembling a flower. From ver. 39, we learn that these were emblematical of the commands of God. That there is any analogy between a fringe and a precept, it would be bold to assert; but when a thing is appointed to represent another, no matter how different, that first object becomes the legitimate representative or sign of the other.

Numbers 15:38-39

fringes in the borders.The word {tzitzith} properly denotes an ornament resembling a flower. From ver. 39, we learn that these were emblematical of the commands of God. That there is any analogy between a fringe and a precept, it would be bold to assert; but when a thing is appointed to represent another, no matter how different, that first object becomes the legitimate representative or sign of the other.

De 22:12; Mt 9:20; 23:5; Lu 8:44

remember.

Ex 13:9; De 6:6-9; 11:18-21,28-32; Pr 3:1

ye seek not.

De 29:19; Job 31:7; Pr 28:26; Ec 11:9; Jer 9:14; Eze 6:9

go a whoring.

Ex 34:15,16; Ps 73:27; 106:39; Ho 2:2; Jas 4:4