Num 15:38-39, Mat 23:5 | 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

Matthew 23:5

all.

6:1-16; 2Ki 10:16; Lu 16:15; 20:47; 21:1; Joh 5:44; 7:18; 12:43

Php 1:15; 2:3; 2Th 2:4

they make.

De 6:8; Pr 3:3; 6:21-23

the borders.

9:20; Nu 15:38,39; De 22:12