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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 15:38 - 15:38
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bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments - These were narrow strips, in a wing-like form, wrapped over the shoulders and on various parts of the attire. “Fringe,” however, is the English rendering of two distinct Hebrew words - the one meaning a narrow lappet or edging, called the “hem” or “border” (Mat 23:5; Luk 8:44), which, in order to make it more attractive to the eye and consequently more serviceable to the purpose described, was covered with a riband of blue or rather purple color; the other term signifies strings with tassels at the end, fastened to the corners of the garment. Both of these are seen on the Egyptian and Assyrian frocks; and as the Jewish people were commanded by express and repeated ordinances to have them, the fashion was rendered subservient, in their case, to awaken high and religious associations - to keep them in habitual remembrance of the divine commandments.