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Deuteronomy 22:12
12You are to make for yourself twisted threads on the four corners of your garment in which you cover yourself.
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 are not to plow with an ox and a donkey together. 11You are not to wear a woven mixture , wool and linen together. You are to make for yourself twisted threads on the four corners of your garment in which you cover yourself. 13“Suppose a man takes a wife and goes t0 her and then dislikes her, 14accuses her of shameful things and gives her a bad reputation by saying, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I didn’t find her virginity.’
Read all of Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 22:12 word by word
גְּדִלִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־אַרְבַּ֛ע כַּנְפ֥וֹת כְּסוּתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּכַסֶּה־בָּֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:12
- Numbers 15:38“Speak to Bnei-Yisrael. Say to them that they are to make for themselves tzitzit on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and they are to put a blue cord on each tzitzit.
- Matthew 23:5All their works they do to be noticed by men. They make their tefillin wide and their tzitziyot 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
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