Numbers 15:40

Numbers 15:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
• New International Version (NIV)Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God.

Context of Numbers 15:40

38“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout their generations they are to make tassels for the corners of their garments, and put a blue cord on the tassel at each corner. 39These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the Lord’s commands and obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes. This way you will remember and obey all my commands and be holy to your God. 41I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”

Numbers 15:40 word by word

לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכְּר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֹתָ֑י וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם קְדֹשִׁ֖ים לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That ye may rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• and doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• all my commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• and beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• unto your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Numbers 15:40

• Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy. Do not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.
• Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
• Romans 12:1Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.
• Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
• Colossians 1:2To the saints in Christ at Colossae, who are faithful brothers and sisters. Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.
• 1 Peter 1:15But as the one who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;

Commentaries on Numbers 15:40

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-41Verses 37-41 The people are ordered by the Lord to make fringes on the borders of their garments. The Jews were distinguished from their neighbours in their dress, as well as in their diet, and thus taught not to be conformed to the way of the heathen in other things. They proclaimed themselves Jews wherever they were, as not ashamed of God and his law. The fringes were not appointed for trimming and adorning their clothes, but to stir up their minds by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-41If the Hebrews had remembered their special relationship with the Lord, they might have avoided the problems in Numbers. The tassels reminded Israel of their unique bond with a holy God and his expectations. He had freed his people from Egypt. Consistent with his call to a covenant relationship, he expected them to observe the law (see Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Matthew 9:20; 14:36; 23:5). The color blue was a sign of royalty, which means kingship or rule. It…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-411-2. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel--Some infer from Nu 15:23 that the date of this communication must be fixed towards the close of the wanderings in the wilderness; and, also, that all the sacrifices prescribed in the law were to be offered only after the settlement in Canaan.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:40

• Colors
• Fringes
• Obedience
• Token

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Fringes
• Genealogy
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Numbers 15

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings