Matthew Poole Commentary - Numbers 15:38 - 15:38

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Numbers 15:38 - 15:38


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Fringes were certain threads or ends of their garments, standing out a little further than the rest of their garments, left there for this use.



In the borders, i.e. in the four borders or quarters, as it is Deu_22:12. Heb. wings, which is oft used for borders or ends, as Rth_3:9 1Sa_15:27 24:5, &c.



Of their garments, i.e. of their upper garment, or that wherewith they covered themselves, as is expressed Deu_22:12. This was practised by the Pharisees in Christ’s time, who are noted for making their borders larger than ordinary, Mat_23:5; and by Christ himself, as may gathered from Luk_8:44.



A riband, to make it more obvious to the sight, and consequently more serviceable to the use here mentioned.



Of blue, or, of a purple colour, as the Jewish writers agree, whose opinion is the more considerable, because it was matter of constant practice among them.