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Num 15:38 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fringes in the borders		The word tzitzith properly denotes an ornament resembling a flower. From Num 15:39, 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. Deu 22:12; Mat 9:20; Mat 23:5; Luk 8:44

Correlating Passages

fringes in the borders

	Num 15:39	And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
	Deu 22:12	Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself].
	Mat 9:20	And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment:
	Mat 23:5	But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
	Luk 8:44	Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 15:38," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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