Deuteronomy 22:12
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou shalt make thee fringes,.... Though a different word is here used from that in Num 15:38, yet the same things are intended, and Onkelos translates both by one and the same word, and which is no…
Here are several laws in these verses which seem to stoop very low, and to take cognizance of things mean and minute. Men's laws commonly do not so: De minimis non curat lex - The law takes no…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Of Knots or Tassels. Gedilîm, lit. twisted threads, are to be put on the four borders of the quadrangular coveringor outer garment (Deu 24:13; Exo 22:27). P (or H), Num 15:37-41, calls them Ṣîṣîth,…