American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 22:12
12Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
Deuteronomy 22:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
- New International Version (NIV)Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall make tassels on the four corners of the clothing with which you cover yourself.
Context of Deuteronomy 22:12
10Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 11Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 13If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;
Read all of Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 22:12 word by word
גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־בָּֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:12
- Numbers 15:38Speak 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 each border a cord of blue:
- Matthew 23:5But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Fringes - See on Numbers 15:38; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Compare Numbers 15:38 and its note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these laws, which seem little, is such, that being found among the things of God's law, they are to be accounted great things. If we would prove ourselves to be God's people, we must have respect to his will and to his glory, and not to the vain fashions of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Placing four tassels on the edge of a garment likely reminded the wearer to remain loyal to the covenant. The tassels served as a visible reminder. They helped the person remember to obey the Lord’s instructions (see Numbers 15:37–41).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters--or, according to some eminent biblical interpreters, tassels on the coverlet of the bed. The precept is not the same as Nu 15:38.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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