Deuteronomy 22:12

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

10You must not tie an ox and a donkey together to pull a plough. 11You must not mix wool and linen together to make your clothes. You must fix tassels on the four corners of your coat. 13Perhaps a man will marry a woman, and he has sex with her. Later he decides he no longer wants her to be his wife. 14He may then tell lies against her to say that she is bad. He may say, ‘I married this woman, and I had sex with her. Then I discovered that she had already had sex before I married her.’

Deuteronomy 22:12 word by word

גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־בָּֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thee fringesגְּדִלִיםgedil · tasselH1434
• upon the fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• quartersכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• of thy vestureכְּסוּתkesûth · coveringH3682
• wherewith thou coverestכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:12

• Numbers 15:38‘Tell the Israelites that they must put tassels on the corners of their clothes. They must fix the tassels on blue strings. They must do this now and for all future time.
• Matthew 23:5The Pharisees do things only so that people will see them. They wear little boxes with words from the Bible in them, but they make them really big. They also make the tassels on their clothes very long.

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