Exodus 28:28
a lace.31,37; 39:30,31; Nu 15:38Exodus 28:31
4,28; 39:22; Le 8:7Numbers 15:38
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
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