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 to make tassels for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread on the tassel of the corners. 39You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness. Thus you will remember and obey all my commandments 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 and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,
• Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
• Romans 12:1Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
• Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
• Colossians 1:2to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!
• 1 Thessalonians 4:7For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.
• 1 Peter 1:15but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of 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